tabs.print()

Call this function to print the contents of the active tab. If this function is called, the user will be presented with the print dialog from the underlying platform, and will have the chance to change the print settings and then print the currently active tab.

Syntax

js
browser.tabs.print()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None.

Examples

In this example a background script listens for a click on a browser action, then tries to print the currently active tab:

js
browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(() => {
  browser.tabs.print();
});

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
print
Chrome – No support
Chrome
footnote No support
Edge – No support
Edge
footnote No support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 56 (Release date: 2017-09-28)
footnote Full support
Opera – No support
Opera
footnote No support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support