You can take screenshots to capture visible parts of web pages, or even full web pages, and copy or save these images.

How do I take a screenshot?

To take a screenshot:

1. Right-clickHold down the Control key while you click on an empty part of the page to open the context menu.
2. Select Take Screenshot.

Alternatively, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + Scommand + shift + S.

What types of screenshots can I capture?

There are several options for capturing screenshots:

• Select a region of the page: Click and drag on the page to select a custom region of the page that you wish to capture. After selecting a region, you can still change the size and area to be captured using the marker points on the edge of the area.
• Select a part of the page automatically: When you move the mouse cursor over the page, different parts of the page will be automatically highlighted. Click on the one you want to capture. After choosing a part, you can also change the size and area to be captured using the marker points around the area.
• Capture the full page: Select Save full page in the upper right corner.
• Capture the visible part of the page: Select Save visible in the upper right corner to capture the currently visible area of the web page.

How do I use a screenshot?

After selecting what to capture, you will have the following options:

• Download as image file: Click the Download button to save the screenshot as an image file, named Screenshot year-month-day at hour-minute-second Page title.png. The file will be saved in the same folder you use as Firefox's default download location.

You can also use the keyboard shortcut Cmd + S for macOS and Ctrl + S Windows and Linux to save the screenshot as an image file.

• Copy to clipboard: Click the Copy button to copy the image on your clipboard and paste it into any application later.

You can also use the keyboard shortcut Cmd + C for macOS and Ctrl + C for Windows and Linux to copy the image on your clipboard.

• Cancel: Click the X button to discard the screenshot. You can also use the Esc key to cancel.

Keyboard accessibility

When the screenshots UI opens, the crosshairs can be moved with the arrow keys:

• Move crosshair left 1 pixel - left arrow
• Move crosshair up 1 pixel - up arrow
• Move crosshair right 1 pixel - right arrow
• Move crosshair down 1 pixel - down arrow

Using arrow keys with shift

• Move crosshair left 10 pixel - shift + left arrow
• Move crosshair up 10 pixel - shift + up arrow
• Move crosshair right 10 pixel - shift + right arrow
• Move crosshair down 10 pixel - shift + down arrow

Start/stop a selection

• Start/end selecting a region - space bar
• Select the current hovered region - Enter *if there is no hovered region, Enter will behave like space bar

To resize the selection region, the corners of the selected region and the selected region itself can be focused and moved via the keyboard:

• Move corner/region left 1 pixel - left arrow
• Move corner/region up 1 pixel - up arrow
• Move corner/region right 1 pixel - right arrow
• Move corner/region down 1 pixel - down arrow

Using arrow keys with shift:

• Move corner/region left 10 pixel - shift + left arrow
• Move corner/region up 10 pixel - shift + up arrow
• Move corner/region right 10 pixel - shift + right arrow
• Move corner/region down 10 pixel - shift + down arrow

Using arrow keys with ctrl/cmd

• Move corner/region to left edge of viewport - ctrl/cmd + left arrow
• Move corner/region to top edge of viewport - ctrl/cmd + up arrow
• Move corner/region to right edge of viewport - ctrl/cmd + right arrow
• Move corner/region to bottom edge of viewport - ctrl/cmd + down arrow

What data does Firefox Screenshots collect?

Firefox Screenshots collects event data in a manner consistent with the Firefox Browser Privacy Notice. We collect this data to learn how people use Screenshots so that we can make it better for everyone. We only collect interaction data such as using the “Copy” button or using the “Save full page” button. We never collect data such as the url or details of the image captured. You can view all the events that we capture in the telemetry portal here.

Can I opt out of data collection?

Definitely. Screenshots consists of a web-based component and a browser-based component. Firefox’s Settings are undergoing a remodel, so disabling metrics works slightly differently depending on which version of Firefox you’re using.

Disabling add-on data collection

1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and then select Preferences or Settings, depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button and select Settings.
2. Click the Privacy & Security panel.
3. Go to the Firefox Data Collection and Use section.
4. Uncheck the Allow Firefox to send technical and interaction data to Mozilla checkbox.

Disabling website data collection

Screenshots respects your browser’s Do Not Track setting to determine whether or not to collect website data. This applies to Firefox as well as other browsers that support Do Not Track.

1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and then select Preferences or Settings, depending on your macOS version.Click the menu button and select Settings.
2. Select the Privacy & Security panel.
3. Set the Send websites a “Do Not Track” signal that you don’t want to be tracked toggle to Always.