Print events

An alternative to @media print queries, the beforeprint and afterprint events allow you to change the page for printing and restore the page after printing.

Baseline Status: Achieved Widely Available on Mar 19, 2022 (Cross-browser Newly Available since Sep 19, 2019).

Desktop Browser Engine Support

Google Chrome

63

Supported

Mozilla Firefox

6

Supported

Apple Safari

13

Supported

Microsoft Edge

12

Supported

Mobile Browser Engine Support

Chrome Android

63

Firefox Android

6

Safari iOS

13

Specifications and References

Specification ↗ Specification ↗ Can I Use (beforeafterprint) ↗ Feature XML ↗

MDN Browser Compat Data Keys:

api.Window.afterprint_event ↗ api.Window.beforeprint_event ↗