I have a div in which I create a chart using protovis. The div has width: 100% and height: 100% and the code to create the chart uses $('#chart').width() and $('#chart').height() to get the size of the div at render time and fill the page with the chart. I capture the resize event on the window and adjust the div and the chart so that it resizes when the window resizes.
Now I need to print. I would have hoped that when the browser is rendering the page for the printer it issues a resize but it doesn't, at least Safari and Firefox don't. Chrome does something strange in which it resizes only the height but not the width. Is there a way to trigger this behavior just before print?
EDIT. Consider the following html
<html>
<head>
<title>Resize</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#chart').resize(function() {
$(this).html('chart size is ' + $('#chart').width() + ' x ' + $('#chart').height());
})
});
$(window).resize(function() {
$('.resizable').resize();
});
</script>
<style type="text/css">
#chart { width: 100%; height: 100%; background: gray; border: 1px solid black;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="chart" class="resizable">
</div>
</body>
</html>
When I resize the window the content of the div changes. When I print it the render process does not fire the resize event.