Page refreshes while using window.print()

[govind161986]

Hi everyone I have stuck in a problem and need your help.

When I print a page using javascript's window.print command the page gets refresh after printing in google chrome and FireFox.

How to avoid the page from being refreshed?

[acoder]

Post your code please.

[gits]

basicly it shouldn't ... please show the code ... just tested it with chrome and the page is not refreshed only by using window.print();

kind regards

PS: ahh ... a bit late :) as acoder mentioned already ... we would need to see the code :)

[checkerbox]

Over a year and a half later, this thread still comes pretty far up on google's results for "chrome print refresh page". Since there wasn't much of an answer here, I thought I better take the time to share my luck in finding a solution to this otherwise unlucky problem.

Here is the trick:

onclick="window .print(); return false;"

[acoder]

Thanks for posting. You're probably correct, but without knowing how window.print() is called, we can't be sure. A normal button wouldn't refresh the page. A submit button or a link (depending on the action/href) would.

[mendy1]

Thanks for posting. You're probably correct, but without knowing how window.print() is called, we can't be sure. A normal button wouldn't refresh the page. A submit button or a link (depending on the action/href) would.

i am also having this issue

function printPage(){
	document.getElementById("print").addEventListener("click", print);

	function print() {
	    var printButton = document.getElementById('print');
	    printButton.onclick = window.print();
	}
}

function init(){
	printPage();
}

window.onload = init;

[gits]

there might be hints already in the posts above - it will probably depend on what element the action is triggered (submit button, link or whatever) - so that information would be helpful.

on a sidenote: the code is a bit weird - when using:

document.getElementById("print").addEventListener("click", print);

you already assign the function print as the callback in case the event occurs on that element. so basically you dont need to and shouldnt reassign it with

printButton.onclick

in that function again. so:

function print() {
    window.print();
}

could be enough already. may be you should return false as well - but that depends on the element where the click is triggered - because some events still fire default actions. you can even preventDefault( ) such things.

[Kent052194]

Thanks a lot bro, this works for me