I use ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I used Ubuntu screenshot application in my computer. But it can maximum take a screenshot of whole screen.
What can I do if I want to take screenshot of a page which is larger than the screen i.e. webpage?
If you just need a photo of the site in its default state, you can do that from the command line using gnome-web-photo
without even visiting the site in your browser.
Or if you already use the advanced screenshot tool shutter
, the command will automatically be integrated there as well.
You need the package gnome-web-photo
installed. Get it with the command below:
sudo apt-get install gnome-web-photo
Here are the options that gnome-web-photo
supports:
$ gnome-web-photo --help
Usage:
gnome-web-photo [OPTION...]
Help Options:
-h, --help Show help options
--help-all Show all help options
--help-gtk Show GTK+ Options
Application Options:
-m, --mode Operation mode [photo|thumbnail|print]
-c, --user-css=CSSFILE User style sheet to use for the page (default: /usr/share/gnome-web-photo/style.css)
-d, --delay=D Delay in seconds to wait after page is loaded, or 0 to disable delay (default: 0)
-t, --timeout=T Timeout in seconds to wait to load the page, or 0 to disable timeout (default: 60)
-f, --force Force output when timeout expires, even if the page is not fully loaded
-w, --width=W Desired width of the web page (default: 1024)
-s, --thumbnail-size=S Thumbnail size (default: 256)
-p, --printer=PRINTER Print page on PRINTER (default: none, save as PDF)
--print-background Print background images and colours (default: false)
--disable-plugins Disable embedded plugins in the rendering engine (default: enable plugins)
--file Argument is a file and not a URI
--display=DISPLAY X display to use
To capture e.g. http://askubuntu.com as PNG image, you could type the following command:
gnome-web-photo "http://askubuntu.com" askubuntu.png
Here is the created PNG image: external link to image on imgur.com
If you want a PDF like the print preview you would get from your browser instead of a PNG, use gnome-web-print
. It's a shortcut for gnome-web-photo --mode=print
:
gnome-web-print "http://askubuntu.com" askubuntu.pdf
It also supports creation of a small thumbnail image in PNG format. gnome-web-thumbnail
is again a shortcut for gnome-web-photo --mode=thumbnail
:
gnome-web-print "http://askubuntu.com" askubuntu.pdf
Don't forget the http://
or https://
protocol! Otherwise the command may crash and you'd have to abort it using Ctrl+C.
Note also that it also prints some normally irrelevant output, e.g. the Java version it uses... Just ignore that as long as there are no error messages...
I use Awesome Screenshot add on in Firefox. You can get similar extension in chrome also. It enables you to capture both selected part or the whole page.
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