How to print text from textarea?

javascript ruby-on-rails printing

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I think I got what you are asking for. Give it a try:

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Print TextArea</title>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      function printTextArea() {
        childWindow = window.open('','childWindow','location=yes, menubar=yes, toolbar=yes');
        childWindow.document.open();
        childWindow.document.write('<html><head></head><body>');
        childWindow.document.write(document.getElementById('targetTextArea').value.replace(/\n/gi,'<br>'));
        childWindow.document.write('</body></html>');
        childWindow.print();
        childWindow.document.close();
        childWindow.close();
      }
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <textarea rows="20" cols="50" id="targetTextArea">
      TextArea value...
    </textarea>
    <input type="button" onclick="printTextArea()" value="Print Text"/>
  </body>
</html>

Basically this will open another child window and execute javascript print on that so that the textarea and other things don't get printed.

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Author by

Jayashri

Updated on June 05, 2022

Comments

Jayashri about 2 years

I want to print text from text area.

I have a textarea which text can be updated by user. When user update text from textarea and then print the updated text can be print on page. And this text can be print on print page without textarea.

Please suggest any solution.

Thanks
intellidiot over 13 years

Btw, added another tag 'javascript' to your question.