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Jquery print() :DDDDDDD
/* jQuery.print, version 1.0.3
* (c) Sathvik Ponangi, Doers' Guild
* Licence: CC-By (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
(function($) {"use strict";
// A nice closure for our definitions
function getjQueryObject(string) {
// Make string a vaild jQuery thing
var jqObj = $("");
try {
jqObj = $(string).clone();
} catch(e) {
jqObj = $("<span />").html(string);
}
return jqObj;
}
function isNode(o) {
/* http://stackoverflow.com/a/384380/937891 */
return !!( typeof Node === "object" ? o instanceof Node : o && typeof o === "object" && typeof o.nodeType === "number" && typeof o.nodeName === "string");
}
$.print = $.fn.print = function() {
// Print a given set of elements
var options, $this, self = this;
// console.log("Printing", this, arguments);
if ( self instanceof $) {
// Get the node if it is a jQuery object
self = self.get(0);
}
if (isNode(self)) {
// If `this` is a HTML element, i.e. for
// $(selector).print()
$this = $(self);
if (arguments.length > 0) {
options = arguments[0];
}
} else {
if (arguments.length > 0) {
// $.print(selector,options)
$this = $(arguments[0]);
if (isNode($this[0])) {
if (arguments.length > 1) {
options = arguments[1];
}
} else {
// $.print(options)
options = arguments[0];
$this = $("html");
}
} else {
// $.print()
$this = $("html");
}
}
// Default options
var defaults = {
globalStyles : true,
mediaPrint : false,
stylesheet : null,
noPrintSelector : ".no-print",
iframe : true,
append : null,
prepend : null
};
// Merge with user-options
options = $.extend({}, defaults, (options || {}));
var $styles = $("");
if (options.globalStyles) {
// Apply the stlyes from the current sheet to the printed page
$styles = $("style, link, meta, title");
} else if (options.mediaPrint) {
// Apply the media-print stylesheet
$styles = $("link[media=print]");
}
if (options.stylesheet) {
// Add a custom stylesheet if given
$styles = $.merge($styles, $('<link rel="stylesheet" href="' + options.stylesheet + '">'));
}
// Create a copy of the element to print
var copy = $this.clone();
// Wrap it in a span to get the HTML markup string
copy = $("<span/>").append(copy);
// Remove unwanted elements
copy.find(options.noPrintSelector).remove();
// Add in the styles
copy.append($styles.clone());
// Appedned content
copy.append(getjQueryObject(options.append));
// Prepended content
copy.prepend(getjQueryObject(options.prepend));
// Get the HTML markup string
var content = copy.html();
// Destroy the copy
copy.remove();
var w, wdoc;
if (options.iframe) {
// Use an iframe for printing
try {
var $iframe = $(options.iframe + "");
var iframeCount = $iframe.length;
if (iframeCount === 0) {
// Create a new iFrame if none is given
$iframe = $('<iframe height="0" width="0" border="0" wmode="Opaque"/>').prependTo('body').css({
"position" : "absolute",
"top" : -999,
"left" : -999
});
}
w = $iframe.get(0);
w = w.contentWindow || w.contentDocument || w;
wdoc = w.document || w.contentDocument || w;
wdoc.open();
wdoc.write(content);
wdoc.close();
setTimeout(function() {
// Fix for IE : Allow it to render the iframe
w.focus();
w.print();
setTimeout(function() {
// Fix for IE
if (iframeCount === 0) {
// Destroy the iframe if created here
$iframe.remove();
}
}, 100);
}, 250);
} catch (e) {
// Use the pop-up method if iframe fails for some reason
console.error("Failed to print from iframe", e.stack, e.message);
w = window.open();
w.document.write(content);
w.document.close();
w.focus();
w.print();
w.close();
}
} else {
// Use a new window for printing
w = window.open();
w.document.write(content);
w.document.close();
w.focus();
w.print();
w.close();
}
return this;
};
})(jQuery);
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