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Pl4n3
Pl4n3

Reputation: 145

Printing from javascript in chrome: how to know printing is done?

In my chrome browser version 17.0.942.0 winvista the printdlg is not the usual modal system-printdlg but renderered within the website itself. So I want to print canvas content as described here. But the code

window.print(); window.close();

wont work, because window.close also closes the printdlg. So in chrome window.close must be initiated by the user or delayed somehow. Is there a way to know if window.print was finished, so that the window can be closed automatically?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 12063

Answers (3)

arioch1984
arioch1984

Reputation: 1

You could try to use window.onafterprint. For example:

window.onafterprint = function(){console.log('Print finished...')}

Then you could find more details in this post: http://tjvantoll.com/2012/06/15/detecting-print-requests-with-javascript/

Upvotes: 0

Peru
Peru

Reputation: 383

add this script to your popup print window

<script src="/assets/print_window_close.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

contents of print_window_close.js is

jQuery(document).ready(function() {

    setTimeout(function() {
        window.close();
    }, 1);

});

basically seTimeout is called only when the document is focused which happens only when the overlay print dialog is closed. hence this works exactly the same way you wanted.

Upvotes: 4

Signal
Signal

Reputation: 927

Check this comment on a bug report similar to what you are experiencing: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=92107#c31

It seems like window.print is async, the workaround is to check for a mouse movement event after the print, which would occur when the print dialog is closed, then you can perform the rest of your actions.

Also see: Chrome window.print() window.close() results in 'print preview failed'. Solution?

Upvotes: 4

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