1420194 - Ability to copy screenshotted area as image to clipboard

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Screenshots, enhancement)

Description

[Sudheesh Singanamalla (:ShellHacker)]

The firefox screenshot tool allows a user to select a specific area and convert that into an image that can be uploaded to cloud or downloaded onto the device. However, it'd also be cool to right click over the selected area and then have an option called "Copy Image" which copies it to the clipboard.

This is especially useful because the copied image content on clipboard can directly be pasted as an image on whatsapp web, facebook messenger or twitter.

Comment 1

[Sudheesh Singanamalla (:ShellHacker)]

Attachment: Step 1.PNG

Step 1: Open the link to the webpage you want a screenshot from

Comment 2

[Sudheesh Singanamalla (:ShellHacker)]

Attachment: Step 2.PNG

Step 2: Choose the area to be screenshotted.

Comment 3

[Sudheesh Singanamalla (:ShellHacker)]

Attachment: Step 3.png

Step 3: Right click on the content and have a copy image to clipboard option.

Comment 4

[Cosmin Muntean [:cmuntean], Ecosystem QA]

Hi Sudheesh,

This feature was already implemented in the dev version and it will be available in the next release. A "Copy" button will be added beside the "Download" button.

Here is the GitHub issue: https://github.com/mozilla-services/screenshots/issues/2582

Comment 5

[Sudheesh Singanamalla (:ShellHacker)]

@CosminMCG

It's great to see the buttons in the issue discussion you pointed me to but does it also have the copy option on right click? `Ctrl+C` seems like a great add.

Maybe this issue can be closed as a duplicate of Bug 1356543 if the right click with a save option is also implemented.

Comment 6

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

I'm closing this as a duplicate of the link in comment 4.  ctrl+c and a button are implemented.  Right clicking is not because it's not an image until an option is chosen, it's just a mask over the page.

Comment 7

[Sudheesh Singanamalla (:ShellHacker)]

@clouserw

Would it be difficult to have an option on right click which generates the image and then copies it to clipboard. Doing a right click to copy is a common thing and a lot of non-shortcut savvy people really use that. It'd be a really good thing to have.

Comment 8

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

It wouldn't be cheap, because the image isn't made yet (you can still drag the mask around).  Generation of the image takes a decent amount of time with a big image (example:  click the fullpage button on giphy.com).  We're going to land the button and see how it goes.

Cheers!