You can take a Firefox screen­shot ef­fort­lessly with Mozilla’s built-in screen­shot feature. Our step-by-step guide explains how to take screen­shots of a page, screen or selected areas using the tool or shortcut.

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Quick reference guide: taking screen­shots in Firefox

  1. Right-click on the page in question or use the shortcut [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [S].
  2. Select the screen­shot area with the selection tool.
  3. You can also click 'Save full page' or 'Save visible.'

Screen­shots in Mozilla Firefox with an in­teg­rated tool

Screen­shots, can be used to il­lus­trate processes, document technical problems on a PC, or share com­mu­nic­a­tions. Until now, Firefox users had to use special add-on screen­shot tools or the Windows and Mac screen­shot functions. Those days are over. The Firefox browser has had an in­teg­rated screen­shot tool since the release of Firefox 56. For those of you who miss the screen­shot icon after it was removed from the search bar with the release of Firefox 88, don’t worry: the feature still exists. Just follow our in­struc­tions on how to use it.

Right-click Firefox Screen­shot

Step 1: Go to the page that you want to screen­shot in Firefox. Right-click on an empty part of the page. A pop-up menu will open, and you can select 'Take Screen­shot'.

Image: Firefox: Right-click popup menu with 'Take Screenshot' option
Right-clicking on the desired page in the browser takes you to the 'Take screen­shot' command.

Step 2: The screen­shot button with the selection tool will now open. Use the selection frame to choose the desired screen­shot area, in­di­vidu­al elements, or the entire screen for the screen­shot. To do this, drag the frame around the elements you want to include in the screen­shot.

Image: Screenshot button in Mozilla Firefox
You can use the screen­shot button to copy both single areas and the whole screen.

Step 3: Depending on your needs, you can click 'Save visible' if you need only the visible area of the website, or 'Save full page' if you want to take a Firefox full page screen­shot, including the parts that are not visible.

Image: Screenshots in Firefox: Selecting the area to capture
The 'Save full page' button can be used to take a screen­shot of the entire website, including the parts that are not visible.
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Firefox Screen­shot with a shortcut

Step 1: In Firefox, open the page or tab you want to take a screen­shot of. Use the keyboard shortcut [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [S] in Windows.

Image: Shortcut for screenshots in Mozilla Firefox
It’s really easy to take Firefox screen­shots using the Windows shortcut CTRL + SHIFT + S.

Step 2: The Firefox button and the selection tool for screen­shots will open. Follow the in­struc­tions above to take a screen­shot.

Add screen­shot button to toolbar

Those who missed the screen­shot icon in the search bar since the update to Firefox 88 can simply put it back in their browser toolbar. Click the menu button icon in the upper right corner. Choose 'More tools' and 'Customize toolbar...'. In the tab that pops up, select the screen­shot icon with the scissors and drag it to the browser toolbar, e.g., next to the search bar. Click 'Done' to confirm. Now you can use the button for screen­shots in the future.

Image: Add screenshot icon to browser toolbar
So practical: add a custom screen­shot button to your browser’s toolbar.
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