Re: [gentoo-user] Printing phpmyadmin output

[Mick]

On Wednesday 13 April 2011 19:54:51 Mick wrote:
> On Wednesday 13 April 2011 17:55:24 Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > On Wednesday 13 April 2011 15:58:46 Mick wrote:
> > > I assume that you use the "Print view" button at the bottom of the
> > > tables.
> >
> > Ah! I hadn't spotted it; that does work - it prints one table description
> > per page.
> >
> > > I've just looked at this demo site using print preview in Firefox and
> > > Opera:
> > >
> > > http://demo.phpmyadmin.net/STABLE/index.php
> > >
> > > FF will only show the first page of a table - this to me translates to
> > > a poorly written CSS for printing purposes, or lack of a print-CSS
> > > altogether.
> >
> > I've filed a bug report; let's see what comes of it. It's phpmyadmin-
> > Bugs-3286026.
> >
> > > In Opera the first print preview page is blank.  If I click on the
> > > print preview icon on the toolbar it will switch between successive
> > > frames.  The 3rd frame contains the table across 3 pages, so it should
> > > print the lot.  The CSS is not well written though because e.g. there
> > > is a blank page between the 1st page which just contains a header and
> > > the third page which starts right from the top (no margin) with the
> > > table.
> >
> > I've tried Opera and Chrome; Chrome does the same as Firefox while Opera
> > shows one line giving the phpMyAdmin location and version number.
>
> Yes, Opera's printing is a bit buggy in general compared to other browsers.

... and I was just advised by my other half (a web developer) that FF will 
follow a print-CSS if one is there, otherwise will follow the HTML code which 
may contain the frame and specify it to the size of the screen.  Hence, 
subsequent pages do not print.

You can't win!  ;-)

BTW, I don't know what Firefox 4 does, I haven't yet tried it out.  It may 
print things differently.
-- 
Regards,
Mick