Print events
Widely available
An alternative to @media print queries, the beforeprint and afterprint events allow you to change the page for printing and and restore the page after printing.
To learn more, see
Window: afterprint event,
Window: beforeprint event at MDN.
Compatibility (view on caniuse.com)
- Chrome 63 Released on 2017-12-06
- Chrome Android 63 Released on 2017-12-05
- Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
- Firefox 6 Released on 2011-08-16
- Firefox for Android 6 Released on 2011-08-16
- Safari 13 Released on 2019-09-19
- Safari on iOS 13 Released on 2019-09-19
Specifications
- HTML Standard (#event-afterprint), from HTML Workstream (WHATWG).
- HTML Standard (#event-beforeprint), from HTML Workstream (WHATWG).