Thanks Tony! The purpose was to remind BTC and Jeremy to upgrade the print feature and perhaps publish a polished PrintRiver from BTC as official plugin. Please support at github: https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/issues/4352 --Mohammad
On Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 12:58:57 AM UTC+3:30, TonyM wrote: > > Mohammad, > > I expect you know but tables built using thead, tfoot and tbody (in that > order) can paginate tables when printing. Being able to set a height and > activate scrolling would be helpful. Once combined with page headers and > footers it can get complex but it is possible. In time I will present some > solutions (IF you don't beat me to it). > > Regards > Tony > > On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 5:09:50 PM UTC+11, Mohammad wrote: >> >> Hello Tony! >> Many thanks for sharing your solution. Yes, that is true. >> I think TW deserve to have a print preview page and lets adjust margins, >> show/hide elements, choose paper and like that. >> The solution started by BTC <http://print-tiddler.tiddlyspot.com/>is >> great but it needs to be completed and also include support for tables, ... >> you mentioned here. >> >> I have added your points and css to http://tw5-print.tiddlyspot.com/ >> for future reference. >> I also welcome if you have any further comment on >> http://tw5-print.tiddlyspot.com/ >> >> --Mohammad >> >> On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 3:05:09 AM UTC+3:30, TonyM wrote: >>> >>> Mohammad more... >>> >>> If your print tiddler consists only of a table, you can use online >>> documented methods to repeat headings and throw page breaks using >>> <thead><tfoot><tbody> tags (in that order). >>> >>> CSS in a @media print is only applied at print time, see below for one I >>> created as a start. >>> >>> If you are printing more than a single tables you will need to include >>> page headers and footers, if you use both it does get a little more complex. >>> >>> With both page headers and a table the trick is to define css to create >>> headers and footers with fixed positions (and height) but use this same >>> height in an invisible table row in the header and footer of the table so >>> it does not overwrite the page header and footer. >>> >>> @page { >>> margin: 1cm; >>> } >>> >>> @media print { >>> header { >>> position: fixed; >>> top: 0; >>> width: 100%; >>> } >>> footer { >>> position: fixed; >>> bottom: 0; >>> text-align: centre; >>> width: 100%; >>> } >>> tfoot { >>> page-break-after: always; >>> } >>> thead { >>> display: table-header-group; >>> } >>> tbody { >>> page-break-inside: avoid; >>> } >>> tr, td { >>> page-break-inside: avoid; >>> } >>> /* Spaces added as rows in tables to stop overlap of page header and >>> footer, hidden on screen */ >>> .header-space { >>> height: 110px; >>> border-style: none; >>> border: none; >>> width: 100%; >>> } >>> .footer-space { >>> height: 80px; >>> border-style: none; >>> border: none; >>> width: 100%; >>> } >>> } >>> /* >>> @media screen { >>> .header-space { >>> display: hidden; >>> } >>> .footer-space { >>> display: hidden; >>> } >>> } >>> */ >>> >>> >>> I will watch this thread if you need additional help. >>> >>> Regards >>> Tony >>> On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 10:19:48 AM UTC+11, TonyM wrote: >>>> >>>> Mohammad, >>>> >>>> I recently developed a solution for a client. I will look at your links >>>> soon. >>>> >>>> I avoided the complexity of dealing with printing from the tiddlywiki >>>> page and printing the story. Instead I did what I could to make the >>>> contents of a single tiddler wysiwyg what you see is what you get (except >>>> pagebreaks), you could read the tiddlywiki.com reference to substories >>>> if you did want to print a story. >>>> >>>> One you have a single tiddler displaying what you want use open in new >>>> window and trigger the print from there. This removed the complexity of >>>> the >>>> full page from the print process. >>>> >>>> I have seen some cases where the new window looses some css and you may >>>> need import variables or transclude css into your print tiddler so its >>>> available in the new window (as a last resort). >>>> >>>> I will post more tips from my desktop. >>>> >>>> Tony >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/baae7ce7-9e89-45e6-b492-9e723cc17fdc%40googlegroups.com.
