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>The ‘Take a Screenshot’ feature was removed from the Page Actions menu in the url bar. Odd, this is the only place I accessed it from. Not a big deal as it's

>The ‘Take a Screenshot’ feature was removed from the Page Actions menu in the url bar. Odd, this is the only place I accessed it from. Not a big deal as it's still on the context menu and also can be added as a tool bar item but I am curious the rationalization behind this change. That seemed like a great place to have it to me.

kkaranth 5y ago
I typically use Ctrl+Shift+S for this
- 51Cards 5y ago
  I likely would as well if I remembered it. I have always had a problem recalling key combinations across all the applications I use which is why I rely on context menus and tool bars heavily. I've called out VSCode on this a few times as well as it is a memorization fest to work efficiently in there without proper toolbars. It's not just this but I have memory issues in general which have only gotten worse as I've aged. Easy discoverability / access in UI design is a big focus for me.
  - edoceo 5y ago
    when I discover a new key-combo I write it on a postit at the bottom of my monitor, lives there for a while until it sticks in my brain.
  - rzzzt 5y ago
    In VSCode, use Ctrl+Shift+P to bring out the command palette and type in your wish. The corresponding shortcut is also displayed.
    - 51Cards 5y ago
      Yep, but I find it to be a really poor paradigm for efficient work if you don't remember them. Having to search the command palette is much slower than being able to set up a toolbar of often used functions. Don't get me wrong, the command palette is great to have but if you can't memorize all those functions then it's a really poor replacement. For efficiency Key combo > toolbar > command palette. I just hate to be forced into #3 because #2 doesn't exist. (not to mention that the developers make crazy arguments in the forums about why they refuse to impliment it... but that's all off topic)
- judge2020 5y ago
  If you use Windows, newer versions (v1809 and newer) have win+shift+s as a neat region-select screenshot tool that sends the image to your clipboard.
matsemann 5y ago
When I first tried to use it, I knew of the feature but couldn't find it. They probably have metrics on it being underutilized so they want to bring it forward a bit or so. But I think the whole "page actions" button is too hidden. I think screenshot belongs there, and the issue is that most people don't know without being told that "page actions" is something that even exists. It's great btw to take screenshot of loooong web pages smoothly.
- dave5104 5y ago
  > the issue is that most people don't know without being told that "page actions" is something that even exists. I'm a daily Firefox user for quite a while now... thanks for telling me this exists! Never really looked into what those 3 dots were. (That being said, I always right click to trigger the screenshot option from the context menu.)
  - baq 5y ago
    the right click screenshot is one of the most useful features i didn't know i need; it's super convenient to not have to precisely draw the rectangle to share a meme or report a bug.
    - tvb12 5y ago
      Choosing to screenshot the entire page seems to be cropping off most of the right side on every site I've tried so far. Is that a known bug? It would be really useful otherwise.
cpeterso 5y ago
There is still a "Take Screenshot" menu item in the context menu when you right-click on a web page.
- fuzzy2 5y ago
  Unless the context menu is not available, that is.
  - noisem4ker 5y ago
    When is the context menu not be available? If the website is overriding the right click action, keep shift pressed while clicking to gain back control.
    - walls 5y ago
      There are several pages on AWS that do not show it. For example, most CloudWatch pages. I think it has to do with iframes.
      - ffpip 5y ago
        You can shift+right click if a page (like the ones on AWS) block right clicks. You can shift+right click normally too, even when a page doesn't block right click.
        walls 5y ago
        It's not about blocking or hijacking right-clicks. The menu option simply isn't there when the right-click happens in an iframe.
MikusR 5y ago
Google pays Mozilla to make Firefox worse to use. An bring more people to Chrome.

kkaranth 5y ago

I typically use Ctrl+Shift+S for this

51Cards 5y ago
I likely would as well if I remembered it. I have always had a problem recalling key combinations across all the applications I use which is why I rely on context menus and tool bars heavily. I've called out VSCode on this a few times as well as it is a memorization fest to work efficiently in there without proper toolbars. It's not just this but I have memory issues in general which have only gotten worse as I've aged. Easy discoverability / access in UI design is a big focus for me.
- edoceo 5y ago
  when I discover a new key-combo I write it on a postit at the bottom of my monitor, lives there for a while until it sticks in my brain.
- rzzzt 5y ago
  In VSCode, use Ctrl+Shift+P to bring out the command palette and type in your wish. The corresponding shortcut is also displayed.
  - 51Cards 5y ago
    Yep, but I find it to be a really poor paradigm for efficient work if you don't remember them. Having to search the command palette is much slower than being able to set up a toolbar of often used functions. Don't get me wrong, the command palette is great to have but if you can't memorize all those functions then it's a really poor replacement. For efficiency Key combo > toolbar > command palette. I just hate to be forced into #3 because #2 doesn't exist. (not to mention that the developers make crazy arguments in the forums about why they refuse to impliment it... but that's all off topic)
judge2020 5y ago
If you use Windows, newer versions (v1809 and newer) have win+shift+s as a neat region-select screenshot tool that sends the image to your clipboard.

matsemann 5y ago

When I first tried to use it, I knew of the feature but couldn't find it. They probably have metrics on it being underutilized so they want to bring it forward a bit or so. But I think the whole "page actions" button is too hidden. I think screenshot belongs there, and the issue is that most people don't know without being told that "page actions" is something that even exists. It's great btw to take screenshot of loooong web pages smoothly.

dave5104 5y ago
> the issue is that most people don't know without being told that "page actions" is something that even exists. I'm a daily Firefox user for quite a while now... thanks for telling me this exists! Never really looked into what those 3 dots were. (That being said, I always right click to trigger the screenshot option from the context menu.)
- baq 5y ago
  the right click screenshot is one of the most useful features i didn't know i need; it's super convenient to not have to precisely draw the rectangle to share a meme or report a bug.
  - tvb12 5y ago
    Choosing to screenshot the entire page seems to be cropping off most of the right side on every site I've tried so far. Is that a known bug? It would be really useful otherwise.

cpeterso 5y ago

There is still a "Take Screenshot" menu item in the context menu when you right-click on a web page.

fuzzy2 5y ago
Unless the context menu is not available, that is.
- noisem4ker 5y ago
  When is the context menu not be available? If the website is overriding the right click action, keep shift pressed while clicking to gain back control.
  - walls 5y ago
    There are several pages on AWS that do not show it. For example, most CloudWatch pages. I think it has to do with iframes.
    - ffpip 5y ago
      You can shift+right click if a page (like the ones on AWS) block right clicks. You can shift+right click normally too, even when a page doesn't block right click.
      - walls 5y ago
        It's not about blocking or hijacking right-clicks. The menu option simply isn't there when the right-click happens in an iframe.

MikusR 5y ago

Google pays Mozilla to make Firefox worse to use. An bring more people to Chrome.