Question

By default some web browsers (e.g. Firefox and IE) have the background colour disabled in the print dialogue box. Is there html/css that I could use to create background colour for an element that would be printed even in this case?

Alternatively is there a neat way to warn the user before they print the webpage?

Edit: I didn’t make it clear before, but the webpage is designed to be printed. The main background is white, but occasional words and phrases are highlighted with a background colour. To make matters slightly more complicated, the page content and highlighting is largely determined by the user.

Answer 1

For warning the user, you might use the onbeforeprint event attribute.