Print selection does not work

dbsloppery

I often highlight text on a webpage and hit CMD-P to print. I then choose "print selection"
It still prints the entire page

Even thought I chose print selection, it prints entire page

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Vlad

dbsloppery What do you mean by print selection?

dbsloppery

Vlad, so sorry. I just saw you replied. So what I meant and still mean is if you goto any webpage. Lets use wikipedia as an example. Highlight text in an article and hit CMD-P. On any other browser, I have the option to print just that text, not all 15 pages. I use this function several times a day which is the only reason I am not using Orion as a daily driver. Love the browser but still need to use Brave just for this function.

dbsloppery

Vlad, I thought I would do 2 screenshots that may explain this better.

Selecting some text on a page:

Print dialog where chosing selection on any other browser means to print what you selected on the page:

laiz

Chrome and Firefox have a context menu entry for printing the selected contents:

However, I am not aware of a WebKit browser that has this feature. Both Safari and Orion function identically as they do not have this feature:

So, in short, this is not a bug but rather a limitation of WebKit as it doesn't currently have this feature. The "Selection" option in the Print Dialogue clearly specifies what it does, i.e. "Select pages from the sidebar". If you'd like to see this added, you're probably better off contacting WebKit developers and asking for this feature. It is worth noting that people have been seeking for workarounds for nearly two decades, e.g. https://macosx.com/threads/print-only-selected-text-from-webpage.299805/

dbsloppery

Oh wow! I never even noticed that in Safari since I never really used it. Thank you for this, maybe there is an extension or I will make my own 🙂
Cheers and I will consider the issue closed