HTML Header and footer in all pages while printing html document

Question

I've created a html page with a header,some content and a footer. I tried to get a print of the HTML page, and there was 2 pages. I got the header in first page and the footer in the last page.

What i really need is the header and footer to show in all the pages like in a word document.

I checked and found that using the table format with the thead and tfoot,it can be done. It worked in firefox and IE, but it's not working in chrome. Is this some webkit browser compatibility problem??

Is there any other way which is compatible with all browsers.

Update: As of April 2021, the bug is still open https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17205. as mentioned below by SHAKU here https://stackoverflow.com/a/34884220/2776433

Answer 1

You can target print styles specifically with the "@print" css media style definition. This will allow you to create individual styles strictly for when the document is being printed, and in print preview.

I would start with this as a solid base.

    @media print {

    * {
        color: #000 !important;
        -webkit-text-shadow: none !important;
        text-shadow: none !important;
        font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
        background: transparent !important;
        -webkit-box-shadow: none !important;
        box-shadow: none !important;
        border: none!important;
        font-weight: normal!Important;
    }

    header, nav, footer {
       overflow:visible;
    }

    .body {
        width: auto;
        border: 0;
        margin: 0 5%;
        padding: 0;
        float: none !important;
    }


    a, a:link, a:visited {

        &[href]:after {
            content: " (" attr(href) ") ";
            font-size: 90%;
        }

        &[href^="javascript:"],
        &[href^="#"] {
            &:after {
                content: "";
            }
        }
    }

    abbr[title]:after {
        content: " (" attr(title) ")";
    }

    pre,
    blockquote {
        border: 1px solid #999;
        page-break-inside: avoid;
    }

    thead {
        display: table-header-group;
    }

    tr,
    img {
        page-break-inside: avoid;
    }

    img {
        max-width: 100% !important;
    }

    @page {
        margin: 0.5cm;
    }

    p,
    h2,
    h3 {
        orphans: 3;
        widows: 3;
    }

    h2,
    h3 {
        page-break-after: avoid;
    }
}