I used to be able to save the visible part of a web page, but it doesn;t seem to be an option now. What happened? How do I do this?
I used to be able to right click on a page and among the options that would appear would be the possibility to save the 'visible portion' of the viewed page. It appears that this is no longer an option. How do I make this option available?
I am running Firefox 20.0.1 on Windows 7. The option is very convenient for keeping a record of paid bills, etc. when they paid company offers a confirmation or similar number for my records.
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Did it save the page as an image file? Do you have the FireShot extension? You might need to check for updates:
orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons > "gear" icon > "Check for Updates"
I have been saving an image of the visible portion as type "png". I am able to save the page as type "htm" and that works but feels messy and excessive.
The option I am speaking of in addition to allowing a png save of the visible portion also provided for a 'whole page' option that I never used.
I did a short search on the firefox site for the tool option you suggested but have not yet found it. I guess I may have added this earlier but unknowingly.
This problem, and a host of others, appeared when I accidentally installed a Yahoo version of firefox. I can strongly recommend against this.
Sorry I wasn't clear: the orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) refers to the Firefox browser menu. You also can open the Add-ons tab by pressing Ctrl+Shift+a and then clicking Extensions in the left column.
FireShot is the one I'm familiar with:
right-click > FireShot > Capture visible area and... > Save...
But surely there are other screen capturing add-ons. Hope you can get the one you had working again. Please try the updating as mentioned above.
Thanks for the tips. I am now running firefox Ver. 21.0 and will look again for fireshot of other tools of that type.
Have you heard of other people having numerous problems when installing the Yahoo version of Firefox? Many strange and undesirable things happened as a result -- I'm not sure I'm completely clear of all the problems yet although Microsoft Security Essentials tells me I have no security problems.
Current Firefox versions have a built-in feature to take a screenshot as part of the Web Developer Toolbar.
- Web Developer > Developer Toolbar
You can use this if you only need a screenshot occasionally because you need to use a command line and can't click a button or use the context menu.
A quick way to save a screenshot is to press the "s", then the F1 key will bring up a help pop-up where you can click the "screenshot" entry' or use cursor up/down and enter.
You will have to type the options yourself because clicking an entry in the pop-up that appears after the first "-" doesn't work.
The default file name is "Screen Shot yyyy-mm-dd at HH.MM.SS.png" in the download directory.
help screenshot screenshot -- screenshot --fullpage test_fullpage.png screenshot --fullpage --clipboard
OK, many thanks for the assistance. I now have the fireshot option working. It is not exactly the function I had before; however, it appears as good. I guess I installed the screenshot function so long ago that I forgot I had done it. I perceived it to be a native firefox function to the extent that I thought about it.