Print an iFrame using document.frames in Firefox

javascript jquery pdf iframe printing

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The following works for me in Firefox 11:

window.frames.loyaltyBadge.focus();
window.frames.loyaltyBadge.print();

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Jamie Hartnoll

Updated on June 05, 2022

Comments

Jamie Hartnoll almost 2 years
This is driving me crazy.

I've been through several questions on here and other websites and cannot get this to work.

I have an iFrame within my parent page, containing a PDF document.

The iFrame (and PDF) is small, so the Adobe Reader navigation is hidden making it impractical to use the Print function within Adobe Reader.

So, I want a button (which has to be in the Parent frame) which can trigger Print on the iFrame window.

print a PDF Iframe in firefox

How to print pdf in iframe using javascript in ie6?

and a few other have similar suggestions.

Using Firefox
```
document.getElementById('loyaltyBadge').focus();
document.getElementById('loyaltyBadge').contentWindow.print();
```
Does nothing
```
document.frames['loyaltyBadge'].focus();
document.frames['loyaltyBadge'].contentWindow.print();
```
Does nothing
```
document.frames.loyaltyBadge.focus();
document.frames.loyaltyBadge.contentWindow.print();
```
Returns document.frames is undefined... as does:
```
document.loyaltyBadge.print();
```
Although this works in Chrome

I don't want to auto-print on load, but I need a print button.

All the lines above are being wrapped in:
```
$('#printFrame').click(function () {  });
```
The button having an id of printFrame and the frame itself has an ID (and name) of loyaltyBadge
Jamie Hartnoll almost 12 years

Really?! That's strange, it just won't do anything for me. I'm on FF 12, but I don't see why that should have stopped it!!
Jamie Hartnoll almost 12 years

I have checked the click event is being captured OK, by adding an alert in there too, that works but then nothing else happens.
Jamie Hartnoll almost 12 years

argh! It does work in isolation! There's obviously something else screwing up my code... I'll start tearing it apart!
Jamie Hartnoll almost 12 years

OK, after a bit of fiddling I have worked something out, but not solved the issue. New question here: stackoverflow.com/questions/10683066/…
Peter Bengtsson almost 11 years

Any version of Firefox since pdf.js was integrated this has stopped working. Best bug I can find on it: bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=647658
Bleno Silva over 8 years

In FF17 does not work, displays the following message "Error: Permission denied access to property 'print'"