How do I print a parent window?

[johosh]

First off, I am new to using Javascript, so I apologize if I am asking dumb questions.

I am attempting to print a parent window from a pop-up. I know how to use Javascript to print a window normally, but I can't seem to get it to print the parent. It reverts to printing the child.

Any tips?

Also, if there is text that is highlighted in the parent window, will I be able to have just the selected text print from the print command in the child?

Thanks for any help you can provide! Its appreciated.

[acoder]

Access the parent and then call the print() method:

window.opener.print()

To print only the highlighted text, you will need to hide the rest of the page. Set the styles of the elements that should not be printed to "display:none" with javascript:

elem.style.display = "none";

Then call the print() method. Then show the elements again by setting display to "block".