Opera, CSS and Printing
Hi
Can someone direct me to a web page that talks about how to get Opera to behave like other browsers when it comes to using a separate CSS file for printing? Basically, I'm changing the CSS definition for a large, colourful header to a smaller, black and white one for printing. Works fine in Explorer. Mozilla is nearly, but not quite there. Opera plain refuses to cooperate. I've tried including html/css code that's set to display: none and then change it to display: block in the print css, which works for plain text, but images just don't get loaded. Hmmm... maybe that's the trick? Do I have to pre-load images used in the print version before actually using them in Opera 7.5?
Thanks!
Peter
Touchup image processing applet
Pixel Development Web Design, Photography
s0da posted this at 21:52 — 5th May 2004.
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this is what i hate about css and browsers. i dunno if css is a curse or a miracle. hopefully, someone can help you out with this but here's a couple links.
Links:
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/contents.html
http://www.nic.fi/~tapio1/Teaching/JsTricks.php
pmj7 posted this at 22:04 — 5th May 2004.
He has: 234 posts
Joined: Nov 2002
Thanks, but those links don't seem to deal with the exact problem.
Experimenting I've found out that my guess is correct, you must have used/loaded images on a web page if you're going to print them in Opera. Currently, I'm seeing if I can use width=1 float and z-index to make it's use invisible, and avoid using JavaScript.
My feelings about client side JavaScript are the same as harsh language - they should both only be used as a means of last retort. Yes, a Peterism.
Also, my testing indicates that backgrounds (images and color) are completely ignored.
Peter
Touchup image processing applet
Pixel Development Web Design, Photography
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