is Print CSS being used

[mcgrailm]

hello,

I've been trying to figure out if there is some way for me do determine if the Print CSS in use. What I want to do is turn off my flash content when printing. Currently when the user does NOT have flash I show them a static object in the same div. If I can have a javascript that checks to see if the print css is in use then maybe i can figure out how to turn off the flash content.

thanks for your help
mcgrailm

[Declan1991]

The print CSS sheet will only be used when the page is being printed if you are specifying the media type. It will never be used on the actual page.

How are you adding the Flash to the page?

[mcgrailm]

right but it does get used when the user prints ?

I add the flash using SWFObject

thanks again

mm

[Declan1991]

It will always be used when the user prints.

[mcgrailm]

I think that's my point I want javascript to detect when the page is being rendered using the print css so I that it can determine when to include the SWF object

thanks
mm

[Declan1991]

Off the top of my head Flash doesn't print at all, but I could be wrong. Thing is, you don't need to use JavaScript for this at all. CSS is perfectly capable of doing it as far as I know. Have you an actual page yet?

[mcgrailm]

indeed you are correct my friend; Flash does NOT print. However, its leaves a nice White void instead of the alternate data for the div.

but that was a great thought :)

mm

[mcgrailm]

how about this is there a way for me to test a divs display ?
that would tell me if I've processed the print css I think?

mm

[toicontien]

This should be handled in your print CSS, as this is a style issue not a functionality issue.

Wrap your flash content in this DIV tag:
<div class="screenOnly"> <!-- Flash object code here --> </div>
Then in your print style sheet, add this declaration:
.screenOnly {
display: none;
}

[Declan1991]

In the print style sheet have
#nonFlash {
display:block;
}

and in the non-print stylesheet#nonFlash {
display:none;
}
If they are one after another, they will occupy the same place.

[Eckish]

This would be better suited in the CSS forum, but to help you test printing, you can get a free pdf writer. And just print to pdf. Same results as printing to paper without wasting the paper.

[rnd me]

This would be better suited in the CSS forum, but to help you test printing, you can get a free pdf writer. And just print to pdf. Same results as printing to paper without wasting the paper.

or use print preview...