[Whatwg] Request for HTML-only print link

Anne van Kesteren annevk at opera.com
Sat Jul 28 07:18:49 PDT 2007


> I'd like to see an extension of the hyperlink to give it an HTML-only  
> print function. Nowadays making a print link available from within a  
> website
> always involves client-side scripting. This dependency should not be
> necessary for something like printing as it is basic functionality in  
> most browsers (not sure about mobile devices though).

  * <a href="..." media="print" rel="alternate">
  * <area href="..." media="print" rel="alternate">
  * <link href="" media="print" rel="alternate">

... cover this.


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Anne van Kesteren
<http://annevankesteren.nl/>
<http://www.opera.com/>



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