How to Enable and Utilize Google Chrome’s Experimental Screenshot Features
One feature Google Chrome has lacked that some alternative browsers include is a screenshot tool. Browser screenshot tools enable users to capture snapshots from webpages. Chrome might not have a full-fledged snapping utility just yet, but Google has added experimental screenshot features to its flagship browser in 2022.
Chrome’s two experimen gtal screenshot tools enable users to capture and then edit snapshots within the browser. Even though they’re not regular features just yet, they still work pretty well. This is how you can enable and utilize those experimental screenshot features in Google Chrome.
How to Enable Google Chrome’s Screenshot Tool
Chrome’s experimental screen-capturing utility is one with which you can capture selected rectangular areas of pages. It saves your captured screenshots to the Windows clipboard. So, make sure you’ve gotclipboard history enabledin Windows 11 or 10 before activating this experimental feature. This is how you can enable the screenshot tool in Google Chrome.
Your open webpage will darken after you’ve selected that option. Move the cursor to a position on the page to capture a screenshot from, and click and hold the left mouse button. Then drag the rectangle across the area of the webpage you want in the screenshot, and release the left button.
A screenshot copied box will appear in Chrome that shows a portion of the image you’ve just captured. You can click theDownloadbutton there to save the picture. Alternatively, open an image editor like MS Paint and pressCtrl + Vto paste it.
How to Enable Google Chrome’s Screenshot Editor
Some Chrome users might like to edit their captured webpage screenshots. you’re able to apply some basic editing to your snapshots by turning on Chrome’s experimental image editor. That editing feature includes options for adding some shapes, emoticons, arrows, and lines to your captured output.
You can enable the editor feature much the same as the screenshot tool in Google Chrome. To do so, open thechrome://flags/page and type screenshot in the search box there as covered in steps one to four above. Then select theEnabledoption for theDesktop Screenshots Edit Modeflag, and restart the browser.
ClickShare this pageand select theScreenshotoption to capture another snapshot. After taking the screenshot, you’ll notice the Screenshot coped box now includes anEditoption. Click thatEditbutton to bring up the editor.
To add some pointers to your screenshot, click theArrowbutton. Choose a color, and drag the bar’s slider to adjust line thickness. Then hold the left mouse button and drag the cursor over the image to add an arrow.
You can add squares and circles to the screenshots much the same. Click theRectangleorEllipsebuttons and choose a color for their outlines. Drag the cursor over the image to add the shapes.
If you want toadd some words to an image, click theText(T) button. you may drag the bar’s slider to increase or decrease the font size. Choose a color, select a font style option, and click on the image to add a text box. Then you can enter some text within the box.
The editor’sBrushoption enables users to add some free-form painting to their snapshots. ClickBrushon the editor’s toolbar to adjust the paintbrush thickness and select a color. Then add some paint by holding the left mouse button and moving the cursor over image areas.
Get Snapping in Google Chrome!
It’s about time Google added some kind of screenshot utility to Chrome. Google Chrome’s experimental screenshot and edit mode tools might well make the transition to standard features in the foreseeable future. For now, you may get snapping in Google’s flagship browser by enabling theDesktop Screenshotsflag.
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