mouseover image: print/save icon

[Switch17]

Not sure if this is the best place to post this question, but.......

I've come across many images/signatures, in which when one mousesover the image, you often see a little icon pop up that offers one to either save, print, or email the image. Can someone tell me exactly how thats done? I'm trying to develop some printer friendly pages for my site, and would like to have that when someone mousesover the page, to have that little icon show up to let them link to a printer friendly version of the page that is stripped of all font and colors.

[dga]

If it's the "icons" I *think* you're feferring to ,it's an IE (only?) feature, one that I really dislike. I'm thankful for the meta tag that disables it.

dga

[MotherNatrsSon]

Can you post the meta tag to stop that IE crap?

Thanks

MNS

[StupidRalph]

I think this is it.


<META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no">

[StupidRalph]

Yes I confirmed that is it. Also if you just want one image to not show the toolbar but you want others to show add this attribute in the image tag:

GALLERYIMG="no"

Conversely since the originally post wanted to enable this toolbar.... wait I read the thread wrong.

In order to make a printer friendly site what I would suggest is that you create a design template for the entire site. Within the template use server side includes to produce the sites text. When someone wants a printer friendly version of the page it takes them to the include file.

[Switch17]

Well thats what I'm basically doing. Making printer friendly pages. But I'm trying to avoid having to place a link to the printer friendly page, and would rather have it that when someone moused over the area, that it gave the option to print.

I actually came across a great little script called phprint located here (http://www.mikenew.net/printfriendly.php), that strips all your color and style out making a fairly good printable version, which works good for me as i'm using templates to create all my webpages, and don't have to create all new printable versions.

So is there anything I can do to create a similar image to appear to enable someone to print when they mouseover the page?

[dga]

Originally posted by Switch17
So is there anything I can do to create a similar image to appear to enable someone to print when they mouseover the page?

My suggestion is use your print screen button and copy/cut/paste the IE image into a graphics program or make your own, then use the image in an onmouseover (and probably an onclick with some javascript for printing) in the specific tags.

dga