Print a div content using Jquery
Question
I want to print the content of a div using jQuery. This question is already asked in SO, but I can't find the correct (working) answer.
This is is my HTML:
<div id='printarea'>
<p>This is a sample text for printing purpose.</p>
<input type='button' id='btn' value='Print'>
</div>
<p>Do not print.</p>
Here I want to print the content of the div printarea .
I tried this:
$("#btn").click(function () {
$("#printarea").print();
});
But it gives a console error when the button is clicked:
Uncaught TypeError: $(...).print is not a function
But when I am trying to print the entire page using
window.print();
it is working. But I only want to print the content of a particular div. I saw the answer $("#printarea").print(); in many places, but this is not working.
14 answers
solution1
79 ACCPTED 2015-11-16 12:28:15
Some jQuery research has failed, so I moved to JavaScript (thanks for your suggestion Anders ).
And it is working well...
HTML
<div id='DivIdToPrint'>
<p>This is a sample text for printing purpose.</p>
</div>
<p>Do not print.</p>
<input type='button' id='btn' value='Print' onclick='printDiv();'>
JavaScript
function printDiv()
{
var divToPrint=document.getElementById('DivIdToPrint');
var newWin=window.open('','Print-Window');
newWin.document.open();
newWin.document.write('<html><body onload="window.print()">'+divToPrint.innerHTML+'</body></html>');
newWin.document.close();
setTimeout(function(){newWin.close();},10);
}
solution2
38 2015-11-16 10:11:40
https://github.com/jasonday/printThis
$("#myID").printThis();
Great Jquery plugin to do exactly what your after
solution3
9 2015-11-16 10:30:29
If you want to do this without an extra plugin (like printThis ), I think this should work. The idea is to have a special div that will be printed, while everything else is hidden using CSS. This is easier to do if the div is a direct child of the body tag, so you will have to move whatever you want to print to a div like that. S So begin with creating a div with id print-me as a direct child to your body tag. Then use this code to print the div:
$("#btn").click(function () {
//Copy the element you want to print to the print-me div.
$("#printarea").clone().appendTo("#print-me");
//Apply some styles to hide everything else while printing.
$("body").addClass("printing");
//Print the window.
window.print();
//Restore the styles.
$("body").removeClass("printing");
//Clear up the div.
$("#print-me").empty();
});
The styles you need are these:
@media print {
/* Hide everything in the body when printing... */
body.printing * { display: none; }
/* ...except our special div. */
body.printing #print-me { display: block; }
}
@media screen {
/* Hide the special layer from the screen. */
#print-me { display: none; }
}
The reason why we should only apply the @print styles when the printing class is present is that the page should be printed as normally if the user prints the page by selecting File -> Print .
solution4
7 2015-11-16 10:14:03
Without using any plugin you can opt this logic.
$("#btn").click(function () {
//Hide all other elements other than printarea.
$("#printarea").show();
window.print();
});
solution5
7 2017-11-09 15:34:12
None of the solutions above work perfectly.They either loses CSS or have to include/edit external CSS file. I found a perfect solution that will not lose your CSS nor you have to edit/add external CSS.
HTML:
<div id='printarea'>
<p>This is a sample text for printing purpose.</p>
<input type='button' id='btn' value='Print' onclick='printFunc();'>
</div>
<p>Do not print.</p
Javascript:
function printFunc() {
var divToPrint = document.getElementById('printarea');
var htmlToPrint = '' +
'<style type="text/css">' +
'table th, table td {' +
'border:1px solid #000;' +
'padding;0.5em;' +
'}' +
'</style>';
htmlToPrint += divToPrint.outerHTML;
newWin = window.open("");
newWin.document.write("<h3 align='center'>Print Page</h3>");
newWin.document.write(htmlToPrint);
newWin.print();
newWin.close();
}
solution6
7 2018-11-14 08:44:46
Below code from codepen worked for me as I wanted,
function printData()
{
var divToPrint=document.getElementById("printTable");
newWin= window.open("");
newWin.document.write(divToPrint.outerHTML);
newWin.print();
newWin.close();
}
$('button').on('click',function(){
printData();
})
Here is a link codepen
solution7
4 2018-03-16 11:23:48
use this library : Print.JS
with this library you can print both HTML and PDF.
<form method="post" action="#" id="printJS-form">
...
</form>
<button type="button" onclick="printJS('printJS-form', 'html')">
Print Form
</button>
solution8
4 2019-08-14 18:22:53
<div id='printarea'>
<p>This is a sample text for printing purpose.</p>
</div>
<input type='button' id='btn' value='Print' onlick="printDiv()">
<p>Do not print.</p>
function printDiv(){
var printContents = document.getElementById("printarea").innerHTML;
var originalContents = document.body.innerHTML;
document.body.innerHTML = printContents;
window.print();
document.body.innerHTML = originalContents;
}
This Above function should be load on same page.
solution9
3 2018-10-25 08:14:18
I update this function
now you can print any tag or any part of the page with its full style
must include jquery.js file
HTML
<div id='DivIdToPrint'>
<p>This is a sample text for printing purpose.</p>
</div>
<p>Do not print.</p>
<input type='button' id='btn' value='Print' onclick='printtag("DivIdToPrint");' >
JavaScript
function printtag(tagid) {
var hashid = "#"+ tagid;
var tagname = $(hashid).prop("tagName").toLowerCase() ;
var attributes = "";
var attrs = document.getElementById(tagid).attributes;
$.each(attrs,function(i,elem){
attributes += " "+ elem.name+" ='"+elem.value+"' " ;
})
var divToPrint= $(hashid).html() ;
var head = "<html><head>"+ $("head").html() + "</head>" ;
var allcontent = head + "<body onload='window.print()' >"+ "<" + tagname + attributes + ">" + divToPrint + "</" + tagname + ">" + "</body></html>" ;
var newWin=window.open('','Print-Window');
newWin.document.open();
newWin.document.write(allcontent);
newWin.document.close();
// setTimeout(function(){newWin.close();},10);
}
solution10
2 2017-02-13 22:02:21
I tried all the non-plugin approaches here, but all caused blank pages to print after the content, or had other problems. Here's my solution:
Html:
<body>
<div id="page-content">
<div id="printme">Content To Print</div>
<div>Don't print this.</div>
</div>
<div id="hidden-print-div"></div>
</body>
Jquery:
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#hidden-print-div").html($("#printme").html());
});
Css:
#hidden-print-div {
display: none;
}
@media print {
#hidden-print-div {
display: block;
}
#page-content {
display: none;
}
}
solution11
2 2020-07-30 07:57:42
First include the header
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.1.min.js" integrity="sha256-9/aliU8dGd2tb6OSsuzixeV4y/faTqgFtohetphbbj0=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script type="text/JavaScript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jQuery.print/1.6.0/jQuery.print.js"></script>
As you are using a print function with a selector which is a part of print.js so you need to call them before you use it...
Else
window.print()
will do it
$("#btn").click(function () {
$("#printarea").print();
});
or
$("#btn").on('click',function () {
$("#printarea").print();
});
solution12
1 2015-11-16 10:12:08
Take a Look at this Plugin
Makes your code as easy as -> $('SelectorToPrint').printElement();
solution13
1 2017-03-27 08:04:40
Print only selected element on codepen
HTML:
<div class="print">
<p>Print 1</p>
<a href="#" class="js-print-link">Click Me To Print</a>
</div>
<div class="print">
<p>Print 2</p>
<a href="#" class="js-print-link">Click Me To Print</a>
</div>
JQuery:
$('.js-print-link').on('click', function() {
var printBlock = $(this).parents('.print').siblings('.print');
printBlock.hide();
window.print();
printBlock.show();
});
solution14
0 2022-07-25 12:01:17
CSS CODE
<style type="text/css">
table {border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 450px;}
table, th, td {border: 1px solid #000000;}
@media print {
.print-btn{
display: none;
}
}
</style>
HTML CODE
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Points</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jill</td>
<td>Smith</td>
<td>50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eve</td>
<td>Jackson</td>
<td>94</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>Doe</td>
<td>80</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adam</td>
<td>Johnson</td>
<td>67</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<button class="print-btn" onclick="window.print()">Print me</button>
OUTPUT
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