[Qt-interest] Widgets embedded in webkit using <object> do not print

[Tony Rietwyk]

Hi Everybody, 

I am using Qt 4.6.0 on Win XP.  I have created a plugin that displays html including <object> tags.  Some of the embedded widgets just use standard widgets in a layout.  Another is a QScrollView derived widget with custom painting.  This works well when displaying on the screen.  

I have been asked to print the html as well.  So I used QPrintDialog to setup the QPrinter and QWebView.print( QPrinter * ).  This only prints the html, but does not print either form of embedded widgets - the space is just left blank.  

This article http://lists.trolltech.com/qt4-preview-feedback/2008-04/thread00041-0.html suggests the problem has been known for at least two years, and obviously still hasn't been fixed by Nokia and / or WebKit developers.  

This is bit of a show stopper for us.  We have spent months (and lots of $$$) developing content in html and now find we can't print it!  

Can Nokia prod WebKit for a firm fix date on this issue?  

Thanks, 

Tony Rietwyk