799848 - Add Screenshot menu item

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(DevTools :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Julian Viereck]

Someone at JSCONF pointed out to me, that having an easy way to let a client create screenshots of the current page would be very helpful for his support job.

How about adding a Tools -> Web Developer -> Screenshot Page menu item?

I know this functionality is governed by the "screenshot" command in the GCLI, but this might be too complicated for some clients.

Comment 1

[Andre Klapper]

Doesn't every keyboard still have a "PrtSc"/PrintScreen key which exactly does this?
Not sure why a systemwide functionality should be included in an app menu...

Comment 2

[Julian Viereck]

(In reply to Andre Klapper from comment #1)
> Doesn't every keyboard still have a "PrtSc"/PrintScreen key which exactly
> does this?
> Not sure why a systemwide functionality should be included in an app menu...

I don't know about linux, but windows and mac has. The experience with my parents showed me, that try to tell someone not-too-much-technical to press a certain key combination on the keyboard is very complicated. Also, it's different between OS, which adds in even more complexity. Telling them to use a certain item from the menu bar always worked out from my experience and is very easy to describe.

Comment 3

[Joe Walker [:jwalker]]

Personally, I think GCLI is the perfect place for this. It's needed by developers who get command lines, and we don't need to confuse the UI for the vast majority of people who don't need it.

Comment 4

[Andre Klapper]

(In reply to Julian Viereck from comment #2)
> I don't know about linux, but windows and mac has. The experience with my
> parents showed me, that try to tell someone not-too-much-technical to press
> a certain key combination on the keyboard is very complicated.

But it's not a certain key combination. It's one single key.

Comment 5

[Julian Viereck]

Mark as won't fix due to points made in comment 3 and comment 4.