What PageShotter does in Firefox
PageShotter is the same open-source extension as on Chrome and Edge, built for Firefox, signed by Mozilla and listed on Firefox Add-ons. It has the same capture modes, editor, History and exports.
- Full page: scrolls the page for you and joins every section into one image, with sticky headers shown once instead of in every section.
- Visible area: exactly what is on screen.
- Selection: drag a box over a region, or hold Ctrl and click to capture one element.
- Right-click menu: all three captures from the page's own context menu.
- Batch capture: a full-page screenshot of each tab you tick, or of each address you paste, saved as separate files.
- Exports: PNG, JPEG, WebP, the clipboard, or PDF with searchable text and clickable links.
- Editor: arrows, boxes, text, numbered steps and blur, before you export.
- History: recent captures kept on your computer, searchable by the words that were on the page.
How to install PageShotter in Firefox
- Open PageShotter on Firefox Add-ons in Firefox or Zen.
- Press Add to Firefox, then Add in the prompt. PageShotter asks for no access to your websites when you install it.
- Firefox keeps new add-ons behind the puzzle-piece icon in the toolbar. Click it, then the gear beside PageShotter, and choose Pin to Toolbar so the button is always within reach.
- Open any page, click the PageShotter button and choose Full page. Keep the tab in front while it scrolls; a new tab opens with the finished screenshot.
Keyboard shortcuts
Full page is Alt + Shift + 7, visible area Alt + Shift + 8 and selection Alt + Shift + 9; on macOS use Command + Shift with the same numbers. To change them, open about:addons, click the gear icon and choose Manage Extension Shortcuts.
Compatibility
- Firefox 153 or newer on desktop: Windows, macOS and Linux, including the 153 Extended Support Release that many organisations run.
- Zen installs it from the same Firefox Add-ons listing.
- Firefox for Android is not supported yet.
Using Chrome, Brave or Edge instead? The same extension is on the Chrome Web Store and Edge Add-ons.
Firefox already takes screenshots. Why an add-on?
Firefox's built-in tool is good for a quick picture: right-click a page, choose Take Screenshot (or press Ctrl + Shift + S, Command + Shift + S on macOS), then Save full page. It gives you an image to download or copy.
PageShotter is for when you need more than that image:
- a PDF in which the page's text can be searched and selected and its links still go where they went;
- an editor for marking up the screenshot before you share it;
- a history of captures you can search by what the page said;
- batch capture of many tabs or addresses in one go;
- long pages taller than one browser canvas, captured in tiles and kept as one screenshot.
Permissions and privacy in Firefox
Installing asks for nothing beyond capturing the tab you click PageShotter on and adding its right-click menu. Everything else is asked for the first time you use the feature that needs it:
- Downloads, the first time a capture is saved into a folder inside Downloads. Saving straight to Downloads needs no permission.
- Access to all websites, the first time you start a batch, because capturing a tab you did not click on needs it. Settings has a button that removes it again.
- Access to mail.google.com, the first time you press Gmail. Firefox also asks to share website content, Mozilla's term for it, because the screenshot leaves PageShotter for your Gmail message.
PageShotter makes no network requests of its own and collects no analytics. Read the privacy policy, or the code itself on GitHub.
PageShotter for Firefox questions
Is PageShotter for Firefox free?
Does it work in private windows?
about:addons, choose PageShotter, and set Run in Private Windows to Allow.Why can't I capture some Firefox pages?
about: pages and the Firefox Add-ons site. Ordinary websites capture normally.