Print a div tag content with Javascript.
Tags: javascript, tailwindcss
Published: 2020-10-23 06:34:08

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title: Print a div tag content with Javascript.
published: true
description: Here I will add a script to print just a portion of an html page.
tags: Javascript, Tailwind
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Here a simple example of an html template created with TailwindCSS:

```html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Document</title>
    <link href="https://unpkg.com/tailwindcss@^1.0/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/alpinejs/alpine@v2.7.2/dist/alpine.min.js" defer></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="certificate" class="flex items-center justify-center">

        <div class="my-5 lg:my-20 mx-0 p-2 lg:p-5 text-center border-8 border-blue-900 w-full lg:max-w-screen-lg z-10 bg-white">
    
            <div class="text-center p-5 border-4 border-yellow-600 flex flex-col items-center justify-center" >
                <div class="flex items-center justify-center my-4 lg:my-2">
                    <div class="text-yellow-600">
                        <svg class="fill-current w-8 lg:h-16 lg:w-16 mr-4" fill="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 20 20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M9.049 2.927c.3-.921 1.603-.921 1.902 0l1.07 3.292a1 1 0 00.95.69h3.462c.969 0 1.371 1.24.588 1.81l-2.8 2.034a1 1 0 00-.364 1.118l1.07 3.292c.3.921-.755 1.688-1.54 1.118l-2.8-2.034a1 1 0 00-1.175 0l-2.8 2.034c-.784.57-1.838-.197-1.539-1.118l1.07-3.292a1 1 0 00-.364-1.118L2.98 8.72c-.783-.57-.38-1.81.588-1.81h3.461a1 1 0 00.951-.69l1.07-3.292z"></path></svg>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <span class="block text-xl sm:text-2xl uppercase tracking-tighter font-bold text-pink my-6 text-yellow-600">Certificate of Appreciation</span>
                <span class="block text-md lg:text-xl uppercase font-display font-bold text-blue-900 tracking-tighter my-6">Silton High School awards</span>
                <span class="block mt-5 text-xl md:text-2xl lg:text-5xl text-pink uppercase text-yellow-600"><b>Emily Bryant</b></span><br/><br/>
                <span class="block text-md lg:text-xl mt-1 block text-light font-display tracking-wide my-6 text-blue-900">For imparting valuable insights during the 32nd Commencement Ceremony.</span>
                <div class="flex justify-between mt-20 mb-10 w-3/4">
                    <span class="block border-t-2 border-yellow-600 pt-4">
                        <p class="my-2 text-yellow-600 font-bold tracking-wider">Adora Montminy</p>
                        <p class="text-blue-900 tracking-wide">School Principal</p>
                    </span>
                    <span class="block border-t-2 border-yellow-600 pt-4">
                        <p class="my-2 text-yellow-600 font-bold tracking-wider">Nick Fletcher</p>
                        <p class="text-blue-900 tracking-wide">School Coordinator</p>
                    </span>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    
    </div>  
</body>
</html>
```


This template adds a beautiful html certificate, maybe in a real layout it has a header, or footer, etc, what if I need to print just the certificate?, Well we are going to a add a button to print the certificate:

```html
<button onclick="printCertificate()" class="fixed z-10 bg-blue-900 text-white bottom-0 right-0 m-10 py-2 px-4 rounded-full shadow-xl hover:text-yellow-600 focus:outline-none">Print</button>
``` 

The print button has an event, so now we need to add a Javascript function:


```html
    <script>
        function printCertificate() {
            const printContents = document.getElementById('certificate').innerHTML;
            const originalContents = document.body.innerHTML;
            document.body.innerHTML = printContents;
            window.print();
            document.body.innerHTML = originalContents;
        }
    </script>
```

## What does the script?

It gets the html element with the id "certificate", then it get the original html layout content, then it creates a new one and add the div content to this "new" html, then it prints the new html layout and finally the html becomes the original html layout.