JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Amir Sharifian
April 10, 2015
HTML
<div>
This should NOT be printed!
<button id="btnPrint">Print (this button should also be NOT be printed)!</button>
</div>
<hr />
<div id="printThis">
This should BE printed!
</div>
<div id="printThisToo">
This should BE printed, too!
</div>
CSS
@media screen {
#printSection {
display: none;
}
}
@media print {
body * {
visibility:hidden;
}
#printSection, #printSection * {
visibility:visible;
}
#printSection {
position:absolute;
left:0;
top:0;
}
}
JavaScript
document.getElementById("btnPrint").onclick = function() {
printElement(document.getElementById("printThis"));
printElement(document.getElementById("printThisToo"), true, "<hr />");
window.print();
}
function printElement(elem, append, delimiter) {
var domClone = elem.cloneNode(true);
var $printSection = document.getElementById("printSection");
if (!$printSection) {
var $printSection = document.createElement("div");
$printSection.id = "printSection";
document.body.appendChild($printSection);
}
if (append !== true) {
$printSection.innerHTML = "";
}
else if (append === true) {
if (typeof(delimiter) === "string") {
$printSection.innerHTML += delimiter;
}
else if (typeof(delimiter) === "object") {
$printSection.appendChlid(delimiter);
}
}
$printSection.appendChild(domClone);
}