Many times you would like to place a button on your webpage to print the content of that webpage via an actual printer.Javascript helps you to implement this functionality using the print function of window object.

NOTE::
The javascript print function prints the current webpage when executed.You can call this function in various ways.In video tutorial below we called it directly using on click event.

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Method 1

This first method we use what they call inline javascript. We place an onclick() event inside the opening button tag.See the example below;

//using inline javascript
<button onclick=”window.print()”>Print</button>

Method 2

In this second method, we assign an id to the print button which Later on target using a popular javascript method called getElementById().

//Add an id to the button
<button id=”print”>Print</button>

Still under method 2, let’s target that button using javascript.You can either use an internal or external javascript file.So place this code below in your js file you will create.

//Create variable(printBtn)
//Target the element with id = print
let printBtn = document.getElementById(‘print’);
//use the variable to attach an event(click) to the button
printBtn.addEventListener(‘click’,function(){
window.print();
});

Let’s say you don’t want some elements to be shown on print,you can use CSS to change the appearance of your web page when it’s printed on a paper.The example below hides the print button when printed on the paper.

CSS Printing – @media Rule

We select the button by targeting it’s id which is print for this case.

//css media print rule
//Hide button with the id of print
@media print{
#print{
display:none;
}
}

Example

In this example below i used the print function directly on the button using the inline onclick event.

Print

That’s it for now, Let’s do code pal.