Question

would you hide the navigation in your print stylesheet?

what are pros/cons? my initial thoughts:

hide:

• uses up paper real-estate
• not very useful on paper

keep:

• keep look and feel of page
• helps indicate which (sub-) page is being printed

thanks

Answer 1

Personally, I think the pros of hiding navigation far outweigh the cons:

• uses up paper real-estate
• not very useful on paper

I think these pros you list are facts, not just opinions. They weigh a lot as such. Now let’s look at the cons:

• keep look and feel of page

Whenever I print something from the Web, more often that not I do it because of the content. In fact, I can’t remember a single case of printing something out because of its look and feel. If anything, I’d just take a screenshot.

• helps indicate which (sub-) page is being printed

Most, if not all, browsers by default include a URL on each printed page. I can later navigate to that URL if I want.