return the system print menu

peterh — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 07:00:57 GMT

The firefox built-in print menu is not good. All it contains is a link to return to the systems built-in print menu. If someone wants to keep the firefox print menu then at least make this behaviour configurable, and this with a clear config item under "preferences".

Re: return the system print menu

jscher2000 — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 22:48:48 GMT

Hi Peter, Firefox 101 has a preference to bypass the preview/setup overlay and go straight to the system dialog. It is not in the user interface, you need to go behind the scenes. Here's how:

(A) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button accepting the risk.

More info on about:config: Configuration Editor for Firefox. Please keep in mind that changes made through this back door aren't fully supported and aren't guaranteed to continue working in the future.

(B) In the search box in the page, type or paste print.prefer_system_dialog and pause while the list is filtered

(C) Double-click the preference to switch the value from false to true (to change back in the future, double-click again, or use the Reset button at the right end of the bar)

Since it's so new, some bugs might be detected over time. Please report anything odd that you notice.

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