1184997 - Display success/error message (with path?) in console for screenshots

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1243525

(DevTools :: Inspector, defect)

Description

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

When I right click a DOM node and click "Screenshot Node" or use the toolbar button, it's impossible to know where it ended up if you don't have the download button in the Chrome UI.

It would be nice to have a console message that says:

"Screen Shot 2015-07-17 at 11.19.54.png successfully download to {path}"

And if it fails (which it has for me before), an error would be nice so I don't go hunting for it.

Cf. https://twitter.com/rauchg/status/621403312286384128 to suggest other people are confused by lack of feedback here. (maybe).

Comment 1

[Mike Taylor [:miketaylr]]

> it's impossible to know where it ended up

This is a bit hyperbolic, once you know they go to Downloads it's no big deal.

Comment 2

[Patrick H. Lauke]

strangely, i do have the download button in my chrome, and still don't see any notifications, and the downloads dropdown isn't listing anything either. however, going to the downloads folder i see that the screenshots were in fact taken...

https://youtu.be/G3-As_H6f2c

Comment 3

[Patrick H. Lauke]

Oh, I should add: Windows 8.1, Firefox 39

Comment 4

[Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]]

The issue mentioned in comment 2 has been fixed. 
Regarding the original issue (lack of feedback), some improvements have been made since then, such as animating the download button when doing a screenshot.

Further improvements are now discussed in Bug 1243525. Closing this as duplicate.

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