Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.
The -webkit-print-color-adjust property is a non-standard CSS extension that can be used to force printing of background colors and images in browsers based on the WebKit engine.
/* Keyword values */ -webkit-print-color-adjust: economy; -webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; /* Global values */ -webkit-print-color-adjust: inherit; -webkit-print-color-adjust: initial; -webkit-print-color-adjust: unset;
Syntax
The -webkit-print-color-adjust property is specified as one of the keyword values listed below.
Values
economy- Normal behavior. Background colors and images are only printed if the user explicitly allows it in their browser's print settings dialog.
exact- Background colors and images of the element to which this rule is applied are always printed, user's print settings are overridden.
Example
/* Force the article to print as white-on-black */
article {
-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;
background: #222;
color: #eee;
}
Specifications
Not part of any specification yet, though there is a proposal in the CSSWG wiki to standardize it.
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
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| Desktop | Mobile | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge Mobile | Firefox for Android | Opera for Android | iOS Safari | Samsung Internet | |
| Basic support | Chrome
Full support
Yes
| Edge ? | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari
Full support
6
| WebView Android ? | Chrome Android ? | Edge Mobile ? | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android ? |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
See also
- WebKit bug 64583: "WIP: Add CSS property to control printing of backgrounds for individual elements"
- CSSWG wiki: print-backgrounds - a proposal to standardize this property
- CSS Color Module Level 4: the
color-adjustproperty - a newer proposal to standardize this property