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I am aware of the built-in firefox screenshots, but they require the use of the mouse and at least 3 clicks.
Is there any way on vanilla firefox or using extensions to take a screenshot, that gets saved to downloads, on a single key combination? (say, ctrl-alt-s, but the combination itself makes no difference)
josinalvo
Posted 2019-11-26T16:20:39.173
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I am aware of the built-in firefox screenshots, but they require the use of the mouse and at least 3 clicks.
This is one of several reasons why I never bothered to use Firefox Screenshots.
If you are looking for a single keyboard shortcut that triggers a file to be saved with your image, your best option is using operating system keyboard shortcuts. These vary between operating systems but are still fairly easy to remember.
Windows 10:
Take screenshot of the entire screen and save it to %userprofile%\Pictures\Screenshots.
Windows+Print Screen
macOS:
Take screenshot of the entire screen and save it to the desktop.
⌘+Shift+3
Mr Ethernet
Posted 2019-11-26T16:20:39.173
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do you happen to know a way that also works on windows 7? – josinalvo – 2019-11-26T17:00:08.163
2Unfortunately, this shortcut only exists in Windows 8.1 and 10. For Windows 7, I used to hit Print Screen, then pasted into Paint and saved my PNG from there. You could install a third-party app to allow you to do this with a single keyboard shortcut: Snagit and Greenshot both allow you to do this but only Greenshot is free. – Mr Ethernet – 2019-11-26T17:10:31.417
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As mentioned above I'd recommend trying an application like greenshot or sharex. They both have the option for one keypress screenshots and more. They can capture a selected region, window, the entire desktop, you name it! They also have a ton of additional options for screenshots which allows you to upload it to an account like Google drive, imgur, etc. I mainly use it for copying/pasting screenshots because I don't want to clutter my pc with tons of random screenshots.
Ryan
Posted 2019-11-26T16:20:39.173
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Which OS are you using? – Mr Ethernet – 2019-11-26T16:22:36.097
windows and linux. on linux, i can get a window only screenshot, that is good enough – josinalvo – 2019-11-26T16:25:41.037
ideally I would prefer a solution that works on Firefox on any operating system – josinalvo – 2019-11-26T16:26:10.857
1You don't need the mouse (from an accessibility point of view that's important). Ctrl-Shift-S and tab gets your there. Just setting the record straight, I know it doesn't answer your question ;). – Eduardo Trápani – 2019-11-26T20:24:11.843