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Prints an element and its contents.
jQuery free version of Ben Nadel's jQuery plugin.
http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1591-Ask-Ben-Print-Part-Of-A-Web-Page-With-jQuery.htm
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/** | |
* Prints an element and its contents. | |
* jQuery free version of Ben Nadel's jQuery plugin. | |
* http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1591-Ask-Ben-Print-Part-Of-A-Web-Page-With-jQuery.htm | |
* | |
* @param {HTMLElement} el | |
* @returns {undefined} | |
*/ | |
function printElement(el) { | |
var csslinks = document.getElementsByTagName('link'); | |
var css = ''; | |
for (var link, i = 0; i < csslinks.length; i++) { | |
link = csslinks[i]; | |
if (link.rel !== 'stylesheet') continue; | |
css += link.outerHTML; | |
} | |
var html = [ | |
'<html>' | |
, '<head>' | |
, '<title>' + document.title + '</title>' | |
, css | |
, '</head>' | |
, '<body>' | |
, el.outerHTML | |
, '</body>' | |
, '</html>' | |
].join(''); | |
var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); | |
iframe.name = 'printElement-' + (new Date).getTime(); | |
iframe.style.width = '1px'; | |
iframe.style.height = '1px'; | |
iframe.style.position = 'absolute'; | |
iframe.style.left = '-9999px'; | |
document.body.appendChild(iframe); | |
var doc = iframe.contentWindow.document; | |
doc.open(); | |
doc.write(html); | |
doc.close(); | |
doc.body.focus(); | |
iframe.contentWindow.print(); | |
setTimeout(function() { | |
if (iframe) document.body.removeChild(iframe); | |
}, 60 * 1000); | |
}; |
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