Feature request: get the html file instead of printing it

[imambungo]

Having an option to get the Html file would be great.

[jerry1100]

I feel that this is a pretty niche scenario so unless there's visible demand, I don't want to overcomplicate the functionality.

However, it is possible and fairly easy to do.

Step 1 - Navigate to the page you want to print

Any page with a markdown preview will work (including wikis). Issue and pull request threads won't work.

Step 2 - Open your devtools and paste this in the console

This applies the exact styles as GMP when it prepares the page for printing, with the only exception being the padding here to create some page margins.

const style = document.createElement('style');

style.innerHTML = `
  div.position-relative {
    position: static !important;
  }

  body * {
    visibility: hidden !important;
    position: static !important;
  }

  #wiki-body > .markdown-body,
  article.markdown-body.entry-content {
    position: absolute !important;
    top: 0 !important;
    left: 0 !important;
    padding: 50px !important; // adjust as needed
    border: none !important;
  }

  #wiki-body > .markdown-body *,
  article.markdown-body.entry-content * {
    visibility: visible !important;
  }

  #wiki-body > .markdown-body pre,
  article.markdown-body.entry-content pre {
    white-space: pre-wrap !important;
  }
`;

document.head.appendChild(style);

Step 3 - When you're ready to print, paste this into your devtools' console

This actually downloads the html. Credit goes to Louis on StackOverflow.

        var file = new window.Blob([document.documentElement.innerHTML], { type: "text/html" });
        var URL = window.webkitURL || window.URL;

        // This is the URL that will download the data.
        var downloadUrl = URL.createObjectURL(file);

        var a = document.createElement("a");
        // This sets the file name.
        a.download = "source.htm";
        a.href = downloadUrl;

        // Actually perform the download.
        document.body.appendChild(a);
        a.click();
        document.body.removeChild(a);

[imambungo]

Okay, no problem. Thank you for giving the workaround 👍