Taking screenshots on the desktop is pretty simple on Windows and Mac, but if you just want to take a screenshot of the current Chrome tab, why not do it with Chrome? We'll show you how it works.
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Google has been building a screenshot tool for Chrome on the desktop for a while now. Version 98 made the tool available via a feature flag. It has some issues, but it works .
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First, open the Chrome browser on your computer, type chrome://flags in the address bar, and press Enter.
Search for “screenshot” and enable the flags titled “Desktop Screenshots” and “Desktop Screenshots Edit Mode.”
After enabling the flags, click the “Relaunch” button at the bottom of the screen to apply the changes.
Once the browser is open again, go to a page you want to take a screenshot of. Click the share icon on the right side of the address bar.
Select “Screenshot” from the pop-up menu.
As mentioned, this is still a work in progress. The screen can be lowered and you can drag the mouse to select an area to screenshot, or it will immediately take a screenshot of the entire screen.
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A pop-up window will appear after the screenshot is taken. You have the option to click “Edit” to open the screenshot editor or “Download” the screenshot.
The screenshot is also automatically copied to your clipboard, so you can paste it anywhere you want right away. The screenshot editor has all the basic tools you would expect, like cropping, drawing, and text.
That's all you have to do!
Information source: howtogeek.com
