Force print preview mode

The CSS print media query allows you to define CSS styles that only apply when a page is printed.

Use the Rendering tool to force a webpage into print preview mode in order to debug your print styles.

To force a page into print preview mode:

1. Go to a webpage, such as the Todo demo app.

2. Right-click the webpage, and then select Inspect. DevTools opens.

3. If the Quick View panel or toolbar isn't shown at bottom of DevTools, press Esc when focus is on DevTools. The Quick View panel opens.

4. In the Quick View toolbar, click the More tools (+) button, and then select the Rendering tool.

   The Rendering tool opens in the Quick View panel:

   

5. Scroll down to the Emulate CSS media type section, and then in the dropdown list, select print rather than No emulation:

   

   The webpage is rendered with its print media CSS styles applied.

6. In the Elements tool, edit the print media CSS styles:

   

   To learn more about changing CSS, see Get started viewing and changing CSS.

Exiting print preview mode

• In the Rendering tool, in the Emulate CSS media type section, select No emulation in the dropdown menu.

  The webpage is rendered with its screen styles applied.

See also

• Rendering tool, to see what a webpage looks like with different display options or vision deficiencies

Note

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The original page is found here and is authored by Kayce Basques (Technical Writer, Chrome DevTools & Lighthouse).

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.