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How do I turn print preview off

jhanks64
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I just upgraded to Firefox 38. I've been avoiding it for a year because of the stupid UI changes that really pss me off.

I dislike Chrome and IE even more, so I'm figuring out how to get some things working like they did before.

Used to be, when I clicked on the Print button in the toolbar would bring up Print and I could click OK. Now it brings up Print Preview. It adds additional steps every single time and I don't like it. Most of the time I'm printing to PDF, so I don't need Print Preview.

How can I change the toolbar button to NOT use Print Preview?

Thanks

I just upgraded to Firefox 38. I've been avoiding it for a year because of the stupid UI changes that really pss me off. I dislike Chrome and IE even more, so I'm figuring out how to get some things working like they did before. Used to be, when I clicked on the Print button in the toolbar would bring up Print and I could click OK. Now it brings up Print Preview. It adds additional steps every single time and I don't like it. Most of the time I'm printing to PDF, so I don't need Print Preview. How can I change the toolbar button to NOT use Print Preview? Thanks

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Look, their are many users who are upset with the Print button now opening Print Preview first instead opening the native print dialog box; there's is a Bug filed about it because it makes it more difficult to "print a selection", but until it is fixed - it is the way it is - broken.

I keep my right hand on the mouse and use my left hand (thumb and index finger) to do Ctrl + P with the right Ctrl key when I want to print without doing the Preview.

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the-edmeister
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Don't use the Toolbar button. That was screwed up many versions ago.

Use {Ctrl + P} instead or install one of the many "Print" extensions that are available from AMO.

AMO search for "print"

Is use this one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/print-edit/ And when I want to print, I right-click and select Print... > Print...

jhanks64
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Thanks for your suggestions. I do this for a living and have been for over 25 years. I'm very familiar with <CTRL-P> and I've added the Context Add-on. There is still the matter of efficiency. It adds an extra click and mouse movement every time now that wasn't there before.

I should NOT have to take my hands off the mouse and move to the keyboard for something that used to work perfect.

the-edmeister
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Look, their are many users who are upset with the Print button now opening Print Preview first instead opening the native print dialog box; there's is a Bug filed about it because it makes it more difficult to "print a selection", but until it is fixed - it is the way it is - broken.

I keep my right hand on the mouse and use my left hand (thumb and index finger) to do Ctrl + P with the right Ctrl key when I want to print without doing the Preview.