Javascript Print function - file name

javascript printing

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Solution 1

onClick="document.title = 'My new title';window.print();"

You can try it here:

    <html>
    <head>
    <title>My title</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <button onClick="document.title = 'My new title';window.print();">Try it</button>
    <p id="demo"></p>
    </body>
    </html>

Solution 2

According to MDC, window.print() has no parameters to control anything.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.print

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Samuel Meddows

A full time IT student in Brisbane Australia @ QUT. I specialize in web development and networking.

Updated on July 05, 2022

Comments

Samuel Meddows almost 2 years
I am using the window.print() function in javaScript to print a page which is executed from a button onClick.
```
<input type="submit" value="Print" class="register-button" onClick="window.print()"/>
```
In the popup the default filename is the name of the website found it the tags in the header.

Is there anyway I can set a parameter in the function so the default save filename is what ever I want it to be?

Cheers.
Samuel Meddows over 13 years

Hey LAS_VEGAS. That didn't quite work but put it into a function and called that instead and it worked fine!! Although it does change the name at the top of the page but it's not much of a worry to me. function driverprint(){ document.title = "Sam"; window.print(); }
Samuel Meddows over 13 years

Cheers SHiNKiROU for looking into. I managed to hack around the issue but will need to look into a different approach.
Caner over 13 years

You can try to change back: driverprint(){ document.title = "Sam"; window.print(); document.title = "LAS_VEGAS";}
Phil almost 5 years

This does work in Google Chrome but not in Firefox 68.0.1
Caner almost 5 years

@Phil I just tested on Firefox and it is working for me
Phil almost 5 years

@Caner If i run the code snippet, it does not work for me in Firefox 68.0.1 :( And I tried it in my own implementation without success.
Caner almost 5 years

@Phil maybe you can post a question on SO, it works for me on 68.0.2 on mac