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Add Chromium full-page screenshot

by roundabout, Sunday, 4 May 2025, 11:11:33 (1746357093), pushed by roundabout, Sunday, 4 May 2025, 11:11:37 (1746357097)

Author identity: vlad <vlad.muntoiu@gmail.com>

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                                        title: Chromium can do full-page screenshots
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        topics: ["chromium", "tips"]
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        image: /static/photos/chromium-screenshot.png
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        image-alt: The option to take a screenshot in Chrome DevTools
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        DATE: 2025-05-04
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
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                                        I have seen few search results for this, so I thought it would be a good idea to share what I
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        found out. By full-page screenshot I mean a screenshot that shows the page as if the viewport
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        would fit the whole content.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        I thought this would need extensions (of which all are nonfree, and I'm not trusting nonfree
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        extensions for obvious reasons), but it looks like Chromium has had it all this time. It's not
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        as beautiful as some other browsers, but it works.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        1. Open the Developer Tools on the page you want to screenshot.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        2. Make sure the _Elements_ pane is visible.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        3. In that pane, select the `<html>` opening tag, right-click and choose 'Capture node 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                           screenshot'.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        4. Save the resulting image where you want.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        This also works for any other HTML element, of course.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                            
                                

articles/Propaganda terms.md

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                                            Copyright is unlike property, and the media and software companies call it
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        "intellectual property" to make you associate it with physical property, which
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        'intellectual property' to make you associate it with physical property, which
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            isn't true at all. When a work is copied, nothing disappears.
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            > "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                            
                                

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