Convert javascript print-tag to html

Hi,

In an attempt to get rid of all javascript on my page, I was looking for the
html/css/whatever equivalent of the following javascript tag;



I'm using css media="print", so all I need is the trigger to start printing.

I can't find one on the net, anyone here who knows more?

Thanks

Kind Regards,
Steven

Timmermans wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In an attempt to get rid of all javascript on my page, I was looking for the
> html/css/whatever equivalent of the following javascript tag;
>
>

There isn't one, it call the "print" button on the browser.

>
> I'm using css media="print", so all I need is the trigger to start printing.

That just defines that styling to be used when printing. CSS cannot
trigger anything, except the pseudo "triggers" dynamic pseudo-classes:
:hover, :active, and :focus

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Take care,

Jonathan
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"Timmermans" writes:

> In an attempt to get rid of all javascript on my page, I was looking for the
> html/css/whatever equivalent of the following javascript tag;
>
>
>
> I'm using css media="print", so all I need is the trigger to start printing.

Why do you think you need that? Do you seriously believe the user is too
stupid to use the same "File/Print" menu item that works the same way on
every web page he or she visits?

Do you think the user is patient enough to try to figure out what icon you
use and where you've placed your on-page print link, when the standard menu
item is the same place it's always been, and works just as well as it always
has?

sherm--

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"Sherm Pendley" wrote in message
news:m2r6pmlr7r.fsf@local.wv-www.com...
> "Timmermans" writes:
>
>> In an attempt to get rid of all javascript on my page, I was looking for
>> the
>> html/css/whatever equivalent of the following javascript tag;
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm using css media="print", so all I need is the trigger to start
>> printing.
>
> Why do you think you need that? Do you seriously believe the user is too
> stupid to use the same "File/Print" menu item that works the same way on
> every web page he or she visits?

No. But I myself for example, I use full screen and have dissabled many of
the buttons including print. ctrl+p is the way I call it myself, but not
everyone knows their keyboard shortcuts either. I consider it a sort of
added value, no matter how little.

> Do you think the user is patient enough to try to figure out what icon you
> use and where you've placed your on-page print link, when the standard
> menu
> item is the same place it's always been, and works just as well as it
> always
> has?

Yes.

Because my page is to wide to be printed on a standard A4, hence the CSS
tweak, resizing is not an option! 700 pages and the print icon is very
visible and always on the exact same spot. Who are you to judge it's
excessive and that it can't be used alongside the standard menu button? A
minimalistic approach is not what I'm looking for.

btw, your 'select a style' feature on camelbones doesn't work
crossbrowser... now that's something the users don't need!

All a matter of what you want and how you want it.

Regards,
Steven


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"Jonathan N. Little" wrote in message
news:8fac2$46452398$40cba7bc$22992@NAXS.COM...
> Timmermans wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> In an attempt to get rid of all javascript on my page, I was looking for
>> the html/css/whatever equivalent of the following javascript tag;
>>
>>
>
> There isn't one, it call the "print" button on the browser.
>
>>
>> I'm using css media="print", so all I need is the trigger to start
>> printing.
>
> That just defines that styling to be used when printing. CSS cannot
> trigger anything, except the pseudo "triggers" dynamic pseudo-classes:
> :hover, :active, and :focus

Jonathan,

Rather dissapointed to learn there is no alternative for something so
common.

I guess I can't win them all ;-)

Thanks.

Regards,
Steven