Does printing of an HTML page re-execute javascript?

Question

I'm wondering what is happening when you print an html page in the different browsers (IE9++).

Do the different browsers refresh the page re-executing the javascript (implying re-executing some servers calls) ?

How to know you're refreshing -if - for a print in JS ?

I recommend closing since it is too broad. You are not specific in any way. Not in the browsers, not in examples. — Patrick Hofman, Mar 03 '14 at 12:26

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 14 '14 at 10:13

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No, the page is not refreshed when printed. You can however apply a special stylesheet that is only valid for print use. For example:

@media print {
    p { font-family:serif; color: black; font-size:12pt }
}

answered Jan 14 '14 at 10:13

Sebastian Wramba

Sebastian, the question is also what happens with html events when you apply the css. Are they triggered ? – ic3 Jan 15 '14 at 13:03
What do you mean by html events? – Sebastian Wramba Jan 15 '14 at 13:07
all events we catch with js (e.g. onclick) : http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_eventattributes.asp – ic3 Jan 15 '14 at 13:09
As long as no one clicks something, why should `onclick` be triggered? I guess the `onbeforeprint` and `onafterprint` will be triggered, but everything else? Don't think so. – Sebastian Wramba Jan 15 '14 at 13:13
indeed for onclick :-), just wondering if there is a resizing event send (e.g. print page size is not the same as the screen one) or others event when applying the css (hide/unhide) – ic3 Jan 15 '14 at 13:16
Good question. I found another question concerning the resize event: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3538260/trigger-resize-event-on-print Empirical result: Sometimes ;) – Sebastian Wramba Jan 15 '14 at 13:21

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