That'll make the site you're viewing look like it's being viewed in the phone you selected. See that bar at the top of the screen, directly beneath the address bar? Click on the area where it says 'Responsive' and pick out whatever type of device you want from the list that pops up. Here's the trick: Start with the same first step we just went over - Ctrl-Shift-I (or Cmd-Option-I on a Mac) - then pause for a second.

So you really want to get wild, you say? Well, wrap your tech-titillated hindbrain around this: In addition to snagging regular screenshots using this method, you can also capture a screenshot of a site's mobile interface right from your computer with almost the exact same set of steps. Whatever screenshot you capture will show up as a regular image file download along the bottom of your browser window you can then open the file by double-clicking it right there or by looking in your Chrome downloads folder. There's also a fourth option, 'Capture node screenshot,' but you probably won't want to mess with that.

If you want to capture a screenshot only of the current visible area, hit the up arrow once that'll take you to the 'Capture screenshot' option.

If you want to capture the entire page, as if you were scrolling from the very top to the very bottom, hit the down arrow once and select 'Capture full size screenshot.'.

If you want to capture a specific area of the current page, just hit Enter that'll select the default option of 'Capture area screenshot,' which will then allow you to draw a box around the area you want to save.

All that's left is to figure out which one you want: You'll see a series of screenshot options appear in a panel on the right side of the screen.

Press Ctrl-Shift-P (or Cmd-Shift-P on a Mac).Īnd that's pretty much it.

Press Ctrl-Shift-I (or Cmd-Option-I on a Mac).

All right - here's the simple, hassle-free, and extension-free shortcut for capturing a screenshot in Chrome: Add an absolutely positioned to the screen to be your selection.Cool? Cool.

listen to the JS events ( mousedown, mousemove, mouseup) so you know what your user is doing.

We can make a simple script using jQuery and an element to keep track of this and give feedback to the user. That size is just a set of start and end coordinates for dragging. If you already have the part that captures the screenshot all you need is to crop it to the correct size right?

Google chrome extension screenshot