table printing problem

[aejester]

Hi,

Is it possible to print a html document in such a way that if the entire table does not fit at the end of the page, it will automatically print on the next page?

If the answer to this question is NO, then is there a way to determine the printable height of the screen, so that I could figure out whether or not to start a new page or not.

Thank you for your time!

 

[sonnysavage]

I know that there are ways to define CSS properties depending on the medium, for example: screen, printer, etc. However, not many browsers support that yet. Though with CSS, I don't know if that is something you could define anyway.
Good CSS reference:

http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_reference.asp

As far as determining the page width and height, I don't know about that either.

 

[sonnysavage]

Ooh! I found this after I posted my message:

http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_ref_print.asp

As you'll see, not many of the print properties are supported by browsers yet.

 

[aejester]

Thank you for the link, however I found that link earlier in the day myself and the code did nothing, unless it was set to always, which would print a new page for EVERY table.

Thanx for your help anyway. Anyone else have any ideas. I think I'm going to have to find another way, this doesnt seem possible.

 

[sonnysavage]

I was thinking along the lines of the page-break-inside property. You could use for table tags.

Example:

table { page-break-inside: avoid; }

Quoted:
avoid: Avoid inserting a page break inside the element

http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_print_pagebi.asp

You just might have some luck with that.