Would be nice to print sub-parts of pages via Web Inspector

• Component: Web Inspector (Deprecated)
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Gavin Sherlock]

When creating PDFs of web pages, sometimes you only want a part of the web page.  Doing this by editing the resulting pdf in Illustrator can range from frustrating to impossible.  Being able to print a particular part of a web page by having it selected in the Web Inspector would be a nice addition.  You would also want to be able to select multiple, contiguous elements in the DOM.

[Adam Roben (:aroben)]

I do think that being able to print sections of pages is a useful feature. I'm not sure the Inspector is the right place for this, though. Here are the pros/cons I see of having this in the Inspector

Pros:
1. There's already a way to select a section of a page (by selecting a DOM node)
Cons:
1. The Inspector is a feature that only web developers are expected to have enabled
2. It's not clear to non-expert users what the DOM tree means, so it's hard to expect them to know how to select what they want
3. All other printing-related features are in the browser chrome, so introducing a printing feature to the Inspector would create quite a disconnect

I think it makes far more sense to have this as a feature of the browser. Would you be so kind as to file a feature request at http://bugreport.apple.com/ ?

[Gavin Sherlock]

radar://5641144

[Gavin Sherlock]

Also radar://4701067