Howto include embedded links when printing to PDF?
I often print files out to share with students electronically and I want them to have access to the external links of a page. When trying to 'print' a file to PDF from the 'File->Print' context or 'Print Edit WE' addon, the URL links embedded in the original page are not retained. Is there a simple way to change this behavior.
I am running FF 56.0 on Ubuntu 16.04.
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Unfortunately, embedded links are not retained when printed. Firefox is sending the output in a format intended for a printer, not for an electronic document.
You may have noticed that some websites use a print style sheet to show all the links in parentheses after the link text in printouts. It often looks hideous. The trick is using a generated content style rule. As an example, you can open the Web Console on a page you want to print, execute a script, then use Print Preview to look at where the URLs are noted in parentheses.
To show the Web Console on the current tab, you can use either:
- "3-bar" menu button > Developer > Web Console
- (menu bar) Tools > Web Developer > Web Console
- (Windows) Ctrl+Shift+k
An example script is as follows:
var s = document.createElement("style");
var t = '@media print{a:not([href^="javascript:"])::after { content: " (" attr(href) ")"; color: #000; }}';
s.appendChild(document.createTextNode(t));
document.body.appendChild(s);
This is a bit all or nothing, so it would be nicer to use a tool that adds just the URLs you care about...
Another possibility would be to use an add-on to generate the PDF. I don't recall whether I tested link preservation when I posted the following last month:
https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/so-many-pdf-converters/20193
Darn. I was hoping for a simpler solution. Thanks for the information.