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Ext JS 4: Printing the contents of an Ext.Panel

 How to print the contents of an Ext 4 panel is relatively straightforward. The basic algorithm is as follows:
  1. Instantiate a hidden iframe
  2. Dynamically copy the CSS of your app into the iFrame
  3. Dynamically copy the contents of the panel into the iFrame
  4. Call the window.print() method on the iFrame
  5. Destroy the iFrame
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Ext.define('MyApp.view.override.Panel', {
    override: 'Ext.panel.Panel',
    print: function(pnl) {
        if (!pnl) {
            pnl = this;
        }
        // instantiate hidden iframe
        var iFrameId = "printerFrame";
        var printFrame = Ext.get(iFrameId);
        if (printFrame == null) {
            printFrame = Ext.getBody().appendChild({
                id: iFrameId,
                tag: 'iframe',
                cls: 'x-hidden',
                style: {
                    display: "none"
                }
            });
        }
        var cw = printFrame.dom.contentWindow;
        // instantiate application stylesheets in the hidden iframe
        var stylesheets = "";
        for (var i = 0; i < document.styleSheets.length; i++) {
            stylesheets += Ext.String.format('', document.styleSheets[i].href);
        }
        // various style overrides
        stylesheets += ''.concat(
          ""
         );
        // get the contents of the panel and remove hardcoded overflow properties
        var markup = pnl.getEl().dom.innerHTML;
        while (markup.indexOf('overflow: auto;') >= 0) {
            markup = markup.replace('overflow: auto;', '');
        }
        var str = Ext.String.format('{0}{1}',stylesheets,markup);
        // output to the iframe
        cw.document.open();
        cw.document.write(str);
        cw.document.close();
        // remove style attrib that has hardcoded height property
        cw.document.getElementsByTagName('DIV')[0].removeAttribute('style');
        // print the iframe
        cw.print();
        // destroy the iframe
        Ext.fly(iFrameId).destroy();
    }
});
Once you’ve loaded the override, you can simply call the panel.print() method.

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