Re: [css-d] Problems with printing in Firefox
On 4 Oct 2007, at 21:08, Alan K. Gay wrote: > I have found that, while both the IE and FF print engines can be > buggy and > produce different results than the screen, the FF engine is by far the > worst, and quite unpredictable. It's been a year or so since I've > had to > regression-test printing in FF, but I would suggest starting by > taking all > the positional stuff out of your css (floats, absolutes, etc) and > then add > it back incrementally so you can see where things are breaking > down. Once > you find the gremlin(s), you can use the @media function to feed > different > CSS to the print engine vs the display. You may also need to make the > print-only css different for IE and FF, so you will need to us the IE > conditional style sheet approach. > Many thanks Alan for your good advice. It was the float instruction for the navigation div which was the problem. I had tried to write a print style-sheet originally, but ran out of time before I could make it work properly. I've now done it and it seems to work OK with all the browsers I've used in both OS X and Windows XP. The name and first address fields on the Join the Association page (www.local- history.co.uk/nlha/join.html) do come out a little longer than the other address fields in some browsers, but I can live with that. Once again, many thanks. Susan Griffiths __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
Re: [css-d] Problems with printing in Firefox
I have found that, while both the IE and FF print engines can be buggy and produce different results than the screen, the FF engine is by far the worst, and quite unpredictable. It's been a year or so since I've had to regression-test printing in FF, but I would suggest starting by taking all the positional stuff out of your css (floats, absolutes, etc) and then add it back incrementally so you can see where things are breaking down. Once you find the gremlin(s), you can use the @media function to feed different CSS to the print engine vs the display. You may also need to make the print-only css different for IE and FF, so you will need to us the IE conditional style sheet approach. Good luck. You aren't alone, but from my experience very few websites are actually tested with regards to printing, so it's a bit of a black art. Alan K. Gay www.buymetrics.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Editors Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 12:17 PM To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: [css-d] Problems with printing in Firefox I'm very new to CSS and I'm hoping that list members might be able to help me. I've redone a small site (www.local-history.co.uk/nlha) for a voluntary organisation, using CSS, and everything seemed to go pretty well, with both the CSS and the mark-up being validated successfully. I've loaded the site successfully in Safari and Firefox in OS X and in Firefox and IE in Windows XP but when I came to try and print out the 'How to join the Association' page I couldn't get Firefox in either OS X or in Windows to co-operate. Both Safari in OS X and IE in Windows XP printed it without any problems, but Firefox in OS X just printed a blank page and Firefox in Windows XP printed one of each of the page title, the URL, the date and '1 of 1' at one of the four corners of the page. Firefox is my favourite browser in both OS X and Windows, so I've been very surprised by this problem. Any advice or observations which list members can offer would be much appreciated. I've been wondering whether the problem has been caused by my using a content wrapper to centre the whole page in the browser window? The style-sheet is at www.local-history.co.uk/nlha/global.css. Many thanks Susan Griffiths __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
[css-d] Problems with printing in Firefox
I'm very new to CSS and I'm hoping that list members might be able to help me. I've redone a small site (www.local-history.co.uk/nlha) for a voluntary organisation, using CSS, and everything seemed to go pretty well, with both the CSS and the mark-up being validated successfully. I've loaded the site successfully in Safari and Firefox in OS X and in Firefox and IE in Windows XP but when I came to try and print out the 'How to join the Association' page I couldn't get Firefox in either OS X or in Windows to co-operate. Both Safari in OS X and IE in Windows XP printed it without any problems, but Firefox in OS X just printed a blank page and Firefox in Windows XP printed one of each of the page title, the URL, the date and '1 of 1' at one of the four corners of the page. Firefox is my favourite browser in both OS X and Windows, so I've been very surprised by this problem. Any advice or observations which list members can offer would be much appreciated. I've been wondering whether the problem has been caused by my using a content wrapper to centre the whole page in the browser window? The style-sheet is at www.local-history.co.uk/nlha/global.css. Many thanks Susan Griffiths __ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
