Print events
Widely available since 2022-03-19
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.
Learning resources on MDN
Browser support (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).