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Webmaster Forum / HTML, CSS, Scripts / HTML / July 2008Has anyone come up yet with a trick to prevent breaking up table rows (TR) while printing?
I have been reading a lot of archived threads about "page-break- inside: avoid" not supported by IE5, IE6 IE55, IE7 and Firefox (Mozilla), which creates a really unpleasant-looking printout with broken table rows. I wonder if after all these years in discussion anyone had come up with a trick using maybe some combination of "page-break-before", "page-break-after" or div properties that would prevent the situation. Our clients use various browsers with various environments, so it's unlikely that spooling a PDF or some other funky format could help us. We would really like to determine the HTML/DHTML/JavaScript solution. Maybe even not using tables, but div or paragraph elements - something that won't be page-broken for sure. > I have been reading a lot of archived threads about "page-break- > inside: avoid" not supported by IE5, IE6 IE55, IE7 and Firefox [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Maybe even not using tables, but div or paragraph elements - something > that won't be page-broken for sure. What do you want to happen when a table is too long to fit on a piece of paper? Also, I'm not having any problems with printing of tables in SeaMonkey or Firefox. It would help to post a URL and describe what unwanted action is happening when printing the page.  SignatureEd Mullen http://edmullen.net FATAL ERROR! SYSTEM HALTED! - Press any key to do nothing. > What do you want to happen when a table is too long to fit on a piece of > paper? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > -- > Ed Mullenhttp://edmullen.net I would want such table to be broken along the TR lines, meaning that a page break should not occur inside a table row or (if an alternative to a table is chosen) inside a block of information. I'll see if I can set a sample somewhere, since I'm pretty sure Firefox tears table rows (just checked on my browser v2.0). >> What do you want to happen when a table is too long to fit on a piece of >> paper? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I'll see if I can set a sample somewhere, since I'm pretty sure > Firefox tears table rows (just checked on my browser v2.0). I'm sorry. Your answer didn't really address directly what I asked. But, the most important thing is that you didn't provide any URLs to examples of what you're trying to do and why it's not working. SignatureEd Mullen http://edmullen.net Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks? > What do you want to happen when a table is too long to fit on a piece of > paper? > > Also, I'm not having any problems with printing of tables in SeaMonkey > or Firefox. I want to make sure that a table row or a block of information, if tables are not used, is not torn by a page break when printing. I just verified with Firefox 2.0, it does that. I'll see if I can put an example somewhere... > I want to make sure that a table row or a block of information, if > tables are not used, is not torn by a page break when printing. > > I just verified with Firefox 2.0, it does that. > > I'll see if I can put an example somewhere... Why are you using a 2-year old version of Firefox. Unlike that OS component that masquerades as a web browser, Firefox and others like Opera are not linked to the OS and can be upgraded, usually automatically. Firefox 2.0 had a number of display bugs, many fixed in later version of 2.x.x and even more in v3.0.1... <trimmed xposts m.p.w.i.i.b doesn't really apply> SignatureTake care, Jonathan ------------------- LITTLE WORKS STUDIO http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:31:40 -0400 from Jonathan N. Little <lws4art@central.net>: > Why are you using a 2-year old version of Firefox. Unlike that OS > component that masquerades as a web browser, Firefox and others like > Opera are not linked to the OS and can be upgraded, usually > automatically. Firefox 2.0 had a number of display bugs, many fixed in > later version of 2.x.x and even more in v3.0.1... Though I was a bit miffed at the tone of a suggestion made earlier, I nonetheless followed it and upgraded to Firefox 3.0.1. I like it so far, particularly with the prefbar extension. One minor lack: there's no Print Preview on the toolbar and I can't figure out how to add it. Yes, I can do it through the menu but I use PP so often that I'd like a one-click solution. SignatureStan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ HTML 4.01 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/ validator: http://validator.w3.org/ CSS 2.1 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/ validator: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ Why We Won't Help You: http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/05/05/why_we_wont_help_you > One minor lack: there's no Print Preview on the toolbar and I can't > figure out how to add it. Yes, I can do it through the menu but I use > PP so often that I'd like a one-click solution. I wish it did too, as far as I remember FF never had Preview button, my browser is SeaMonkey which does. Maybe there is an extension out there... SignatureTake care, Jonathan ------------------- LITTLE WORKS STUDIO http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:48:51 -0400 from Jonathan N. Little <lws4art@central.net>: > > One minor lack: there's no Print Preview on the toolbar and I can't > > figure out how to add it. Yes, I can do it through the menu but I use > > PP so often that I'd like a one-click solution. > > I wish it did too, as far as I remember FF never had Preview button, my > browser is SeaMonkey which does. Maybe there is an extension out there... Do you, or does anyone, know where there is support for Firefox questions other than in the Firefox forum at http://support.mozilla.com/forum ? I tried several times to ask a question, but each time I got an error message that I had mistyped the five-digit verification number. I can imagine that I might mistype it once, but it's a bit of a stretch to think that I would mistype every one of half a dozen different numbers. SignatureStan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ HTML 4.01 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/ validator: http://validator.w3.org/ CSS 2.1 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/ validator: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ Why We Won't Help You: http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/05/05/why_we_wont_help_you > Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:48:51 -0400 from Jonathan N. Little > <lws4art@central.net>: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Do you, or does anyone, know where there is support for Firefox questions > other than in the Firefox forum at http://support.mozilla.com/forum ? mozilla.support.firefox on server news.mozilla.org It also has mozilla.support.seamonkey (and other groups). I don't know if there's duplication between m.s.f and the web forum you mention; I try to avoid web forums. SignatureBlinky Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html >> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:48:51 -0400 from Jonathan N. Little >> <lws4art@central.net>: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I don't know if there's duplication between m.s.f and the web forum you > mention; I try to avoid web forums. Also: http://forums.mozillazine.org/ SignatureEd Mullen http://edmullen.net The hilarious thing about self-important self-righteous people is that they are so easily baited. >>> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:48:51 -0400 from Jonathan N. Little >>> <lws4art@central.net>: [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > http://forums.mozillazine.org/ Grrrrr...web forums...grrrrr... ;) SignatureBlinky Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html >>>> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:48:51 -0400 from Jonathan N. Little >>>> <lws4art@central.net>: [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Grrrrr...web forums...grrrrr... ;) Yeah, yeah, I know, me too. But, Mozillazine is a great source for Moz products support and info. SignatureEd Mullen http://edmullen.net Very funny Scotty - now beam down my clothes. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 08:18:21 -0400 from Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm>: > Do you, or does anyone, know where there is support for Firefox > questions other than in the Firefox forum at > http://support.mozilla.com/forum ? [where the CAPTCHA verification seems to be broken] Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:05:59 -0400 from Ed Mullen <ed@edmullen.net>: > http://forums.mozillazine.org/ Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:50:51 -0700 from Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>: > mozilla.support.firefox on server news.mozilla.org My thanks to you both! SignatureStan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ HTML 4.01 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/ validator: http://validator.w3.org/ CSS 2.1 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/ validator: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ Why We Won't Help You: http://diveintomark.org/archives/2003/05/05/why_we_wont_help_you On Jul 17, 4:26 pm, arr...@inbox.com wrote: > I have been reading a lot of archived threads about "page-break- > inside: avoid" not supported by IE5, IE6 IE55, IE7 and Firefox [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Maybe even not using tables, but div or paragraph elements - something > that won't be page-broken for sure. I tackled this problem about 2 a year ago. However, I never found a solution. One can't even force a page break between table rows. Hope someone can come up with an answer. > On Jul 17, 4:26 pm, arr...@inbox.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I set up 2 sample pages to illustrate the problem. http://array7.angelfire.com/print.html http://array7.angelfire.com/print2.html The table displayed is cut during printing inside a table row in both IE & Firefox. These browsers (IE6 & Firefox 2 are the two most common clients used to browse our web site). |
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