improved-print

2.0.0 • Public • Published

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Improved Print

is a 'leaf' custom-element. It's sole purpose is to encapsulate HTML, strip out the links within the content, and make a nice list of footnotes when attempting to print.

This web component is based on an A List Apart article from 2005(!), written by @AaronGustafson.

Visit the original article: https://alistapart.com/article/improvingprint

or view the DEMO

Installation

npm:

npm install improved-print

Usage

  1. Import the component by adding the following line to the end of your <body> tag.
<script src="improved-print.js"></script>
  1. Create the improved-print tag somewhere in the body.
<improved-print></improved-print>
  1. Insert some HTML with links you want to print.
<improved-print>
  <article>
    <h1>Hello World!</h1>
    <p>This is an <a href="https://www.google.com/">example link</a>. And <a href="https://pdw.io" data-no-improved-print>this</a> is a link that is ignored on print.</p>
    <a href="https://www.wikipedia.com">Learn more!</a>
  </article>
</improved-print>
  1. Once you hit print you should see the results directly!

Future plans / TODO

  • Think of a better name(?)
  • CSS variables for additional styling

Credits

  • Original concept and research: Aaron Gustafson @aarongustafson
  • *: Pim de Wit @pdw_io

Licence

MIT

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npm i improved-print

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