Google Chrome blocks ajax requests when print preview is opened on child window

Question

There are 2 files: index.html and print.html

First one contains a button that opens print.html using simple command:

window.open("print.html", "_blank", "menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,status,scrollbars,resizable");

print.html contains only one button that opens print preview dialog:

<button onclick="window.print();">

The problem appears when print preview dialog is opened. In this case any action on index.html - i.e. the other file that initiate ajax request - is temporary blocked and put into queue. And only when preview is closed browser fires all requests.

I can see it only in Google Chrome (24.0.1312.52 m).

Can anybody confirm that this is Chrome's bug?

Answer 1

there is a Chrome bug where window.print() does not work when there is a tag in the DOM. It might be solved by calling this function:

function printPage() {
    window.print();

    //workaround for Chrome bug - https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=141633
    if (window.stop) {
        location.reload(); //triggering unload (e.g. reloading the page) makes the print dialog appear
        window.stop(); //immediately stop reloading
    }
    return false;
}