Cannot figure out how can I print selected text only. I believe that option was there...
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[SOLVED] Firefox > Print > Selection only
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[SOLVED] Firefox > Print > Selection only
Last edited by blackpilotlds on Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Firefox > Print > Selection only
Hi,
Select the text you wish to print, then press Ctrl + P. On the window which should pop up, there's an option for printing only the selected text. Tested in Firefox 82.
Select the text you wish to print, then press Ctrl + P. On the window which should pop up, there's an option for printing only the selected text. Tested in Firefox 82.
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Re: Firefox > Print > Selection only
Oh, odd. There might be a Firefox extension you can use, but tread carefully if you go that route. (some can be dodgy)
Last edited by Termy on Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Firefox > Print > Selection only
Is it because he has it printing to a pdf file (see his screenshot)? I wouldn't think that would make a difference, but can't think of any other reason why the print selection option isn't there.
Re: Firefox > Print > Selection only
Ah-hah. I've just noticed that, although I see the option, it's grayed out for me, but only in certain places on certain sites. For example, it didn't work when selecting text in this post window (as I type this post), but when I looked this issue up, I was brought to a page and in that page, selecting text to print was no longer grayed out.
This leads me to believe that it's possible this feature simply, for whatever reason, is not available on whichever site OP is using, or at least in whichever area thereon. Still, OP doesn't even see the option at all, meanwhile it's at least grayed out for me.
This leads me to believe that it's possible this feature simply, for whatever reason, is not available on whichever site OP is using, or at least in whichever area thereon. Still, OP doesn't even see the option at all, meanwhile it's at least grayed out for me.

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Re: [SOLVED] Firefox > Print > Selection only
FIrefox version 83.0 (64-bit) fixed the problem.