[solved] QWebView not printing text (images ok)

JulienMaille

I have a simple html file viewer and wanted to add a print button.
@void MainWindow::print()
{
QPrinter printer(QPrinter::HighResolution);

QPrintDialog dialog(&printer, this);
if (dialog.exec&#40;&#41;&#41;
    dynamic_cast<QWebView*>( mdiArea->currentSubWindow(&#41;->widget() )->print(&printer);

}@

Unfortunately it output correctly images, but not the text.
What could I be doing wrong? I googled the subject, found some thread with the same problem, but no answers.

goetz

It's a known bug for at least 4.7.2 and 4.7.3:

"QtWebKit bug #61271":https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61271 and "QTBUG-17987":https://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-17987

I don't know the status for 4.7.4 as that has another regression that blocks it for us.

goetz

Some additions:

It seems as it's fixed in 4.7.4.

Issue "QTBUG-19571":https://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-19571 contains a "patch":https://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/secure/attachment/25141/patch.diff that fixes the bug.

Another related issue is "QTBUG-19525":https://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTBUG-19525

JulienMaille

I recompiled Qt 4.7.4 yesterday, and I now works perfectly!
Thanks for the update Volker.

goetz

You're welcome. The bug is really annoying, we have to ship a patch to our customers as they are not able to print from windows with the vanilla 4.7.3 Qt libs.

rchawla

I am experiencing the same problem in versions > 5 Qt 5.0.2 and Qt 5.1.1. Is this a bug?

But when I use ready-to made Qt5.1.1 installer containing qt 5.1.1 libraries and QtCreator, which is also 5.1 it does not cause any problems?

Installer:
http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/5.1/5.1.1/qt-linux-opensource-5.1.1-x86_64-offline.run

Building from:
http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/5.1/5.1.1/single/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.1.1.tar.gz

I can't switch to 4.x version, because I need CSS pagination support, which is there in 5, but not in 4

Blocked on this for 2 days now? Somebody help please?