Print through the browser

GUI95

Widget index / Host integrations · Download this HTML

Print preview and printer selection belong to your browser and OS.

Sample document

This text appears in print. Gallery chrome is hidden by the print stylesheet.

Ready — try the example.

States and behavior

Screen/print layouts and print-dialog lifecycle.

Keyboard

Activate Print to use the host dialog; its controls and Escape behavior are native.

Scope and adaptation

Page Setup, Print Setup, printer capabilities and actual job completion need host integration. afterprint also fires when printing is canceled.

Sources

Microsoft preliminary guide (1995), chapters 7–8

Original implementation; system colors are represented by CSS variables. The default 13 px system-font stack is a readable browser adaptation. The 1995 source is preliminary, not a final product specification. Test the target browser and native host before shipping.