Bug 16398
| Summary: | Would be nice to print sub-parts of pages via Web Inspector | ||
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| Product: | WebKit | Reporter: | Gavin Sherlock <gsherloc> |
| Component: | Web Inspector (Deprecated) | Assignee: | Nobody <webkit-unassigned> |
| Status: | RESOLVED INVALID | ||
| Severity: | Enhancement | Keywords: | InRadar |
| Priority: | P2 | ||
| Version: | 528+ (Nightly build) | ||
| Hardware: | Mac | ||
| OS: | OS X 10.5 | ||
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.
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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