Take a full page screenshot with Firefox on the command-line

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The Developer Toolbar GCLI and Shift+F2 shortcut were removed in Firefox version 60. To take a screenshot in 60 or newer:

  • press Ctrl+Shift+K to open the developer console (⌥ Option+⌘ Command+K on macOS)
  • type :screenshot or :screenshot --fullpage

Find out more regarding screenshots and other features

For Firefox versions < 60:

Press Shift+F2 or go to Tools > Web Developer > Developer Toolbar to open a command line. Write:

screenshot

and press Enter in order to take a screenshot.

To fully answer the question, you can even save the whole page, not only the visible part of it:

screenshot --fullpage

And to copy the screenshot to clipboard, use --clipboard option:

screenshot --clipboard --fullpage

Firefox 18 changes the way arguments are passed to commands, you have to add “–” before them.

Firefox 88.0 has a new method for taking screenshots. If extensions.screenshots.disabled is set to false in about:config, you can right-click the screen and select Take Screenshot. There’s also a screenshot menu button you can add to your menu via customization.

You can find some documentation and the full list of commands here.

PS. The screenshots are saved into the downloads directory by default.

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