Andre, On 8/2/05, medial | André Huf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i am trying to put together a print style sheet for an existing page > where i am only allowed to add my print stylesheet - not to change the > existing html or css. > > Furthermore the layout of the content area should look the same in print > preview as it looks on screen. I just have to strip the navigation, ads > and some other portion of the page which can be done easily. > > The content area consist of divs that just float to left thus form new > rows if they don't fit ín the previous row. > > This causes problems in print preview, namely the floats don't show up > after a page break, or even worse: crash the browser (which seems not to > be the case with a simplified version i put online). > > I've set up a page which illustrates the concept - TAKE CAUTION! since > it may crash your browser if you view it in print preview. > > http://dev.electroschore.de/printingFloats.htm > > I also put some pictures of print previews of that page here: > > http://dev.electroschore.de/printPreviewExamples.htm Are you having difficulty in any browser other than ie? I tried your test page in recent versions of ff, safari, and ie/mac and no crashes, and in both safari and ie/mac the floted content matched the screen when viewed with print preview. Firefox had a strange positioning problem of the upper left floated box on page 2 and following. Can you give us more info about which browsers and oses are failing? -- Roger Roger Roelofs Know what you value. ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
