Is there a way to print directly from Chrome?

Question

I found this selector:

document.querySelector('#print-header > div > button.print.default').click();

Is there a method with this selector to print directly from Chrome?

I tried with timeout too, but isn't working.

That is just a selector for a button. You haven't shown us if there are any event listeners (for click, that is) bound to that element that will trigger printing. Otherwise you can simply use `window.print()`. — Terry, Oct 18 '15 at 10:40
Wait! "Yes, [without confirmation]". This shouldn't be possible. Just think about pages printing what ever they want using visitor's printer ... — Teemu, Oct 18 '15 at 10:46
If any web page I visit will just print something with my printer without asking me first, I'll surely navigate away, and will never come back + report it as a malicious page too. — Teemu, Oct 18 '15 at 10:51

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 18 '15 at 10:51

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You cannot print without user confirmation. It's a security thing, you are not allowed to control user PC from the browser.

When you open the print dialog in chrome it's like a new Tab, you have no control there.

answered Oct 18 '15 at 10:51

Tiberiu Popescu

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

(This solution needs user's confirmation)

Use window.print(); function or see this answer : Bill Paetzke's answser of Print the contents of a DIV.

function PrintElem(elem)
{
    Popup($(elem).html());
}

function Popup(data) 
{
    var mywindow = window.open('', 'my div', 'height=400,width=600');
    mywindow.document.write('<html><head><title>my div</title>');
    /*optional stylesheet*/ //mywindow.document.write('<link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css" type="text/css" />');
    mywindow.document.write('</head><body >');
    mywindow.document.write(data);
    mywindow.document.write('</body></html>');

    mywindow.document.close(); // necessary for IE >= 10
    mywindow.focus(); // necessary for IE >= 10

    mywindow.print();
    mywindow.close();

    return true;
}

Is there a way to print directly from Chrome?

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