How to Capture an Entire Web Page Screenshot in Firefox

Posted on May 18, 2010 in Productivity, Tutorials by dee 0 Comments

There are many screen capture applications out there and my current favorite happens to be Jing to capture, annotate and share screenshots. One thing it doesn’t do is capture entire web pages including non-visible parts (most web pages have as much content below the fold as it does above nowadays).

My favorite way to capture entire web pages as screenshots are now through a couple of Firefox add-ons, FireShot and Screengrab. Read on for more details on these add-ons.

Fireshot Add-on for FireFox (and Internet Explorer)

This is a comprehensive add-on with a free and a pro version that not only captures screens but allows the user to annotate, and edit the screenshot before making it available for copying to clipboard or saving. It also has an upload to web function that uploads the image to the web and makes the link available for use.

After installing Fireshot, a button is made available beside the search bar on the top toolbars that activates the screen grabbing functionality. This opens up a new window with the editor available and presents the user with the screenshot and options.

Note, the first time you click the Fireshot button on the toolbar, you will get a choice to also add it into Internet Explorer.

Above is a screenshot of a longer then a screen web page with some of the features from the free version of Fireshot shown. It has basic image editing filters that you can make to any selection that includes Greyscale, Blurring, Inverting colors, Outer Glow, Crop and Fill that gives the user a lot of flexibility to really make a screenshot pop.

You can get the free version from here: http://bit.ly/FireshotAddonPage 

Screengrab Add-on for Firefox

A much simpler version that provides simple capture methods without the editing components. This application is also an excellent way to capture entire web pages or parts as screen grabs.

When installed it presents a button at the bottom right of your Firefox window that you can left-click to see its options.

It allows for saving or copying (to the clipboard):

• The entire Webpage or Frame
• The Visible portion only
• A Selection (the window will go pink and you use your mouse to select the area)
• The window itself

A simple application and one that works well. Very popular if you want effectively a single click method to screen capture your sites.

You can get Screengrab from here: http://bit.ly/ScreengrabAddonPage

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