Show all tabs if user is printing the document

[DraTeots]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

If I print a document with sphinx-tab on it only the tab that is open is printed

Describe the solution you'd like

That for print mode/when we print a page - all tabs are printed sequentially.

P.S. This is different from saving to latex/pdf #57 which we also await

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[thibgc]

+1 for this enhancement request

[Daltz333]

I'm not sure this is possible without some sort of export mode. I think it's a bit out of scope for this extension, sphinx overall has various flaws from printing from webpages. Webpages aren't meant to be printed.

@foster999 do you have any idea of a possible solution, or should we close this as a "wontfix"?

[DraTeots]

It depends on how tabs are implemented, but in general it is easy to do on CSS level with @media. So it can be used to add styles when the page is being printed - to not to fold tabs (arrange them one by one for example)

@media print {
   /* Your style for printing */
}

It can determine if this is printing layout and even things like page orientation

@media print and (orientation: portrait) {
    /* Your code for printing in portrait orientation */
}

[foster999]

Thanks for the examples, I hadn't realised you could use media queries for printing. Certainly seems doable!

I can see that it currently shows only the first tab's panel, @DraTeots how would you like other tabs/panels to appear? (MS paint illustrations are welcome)