Built-in screen capture / screen shot functionality

[bsclifton]

Updated description

Include web-capture feature directly in Brave so that we don't have to install extensions to do that thing.

Original issue description

Carried over from brave/browser-laptop#12139

Functions that are particularly useful includes:

• it's easier to select parts of a page just by clicking on them (then being able to modify them)
• capture a whole page
• share the page

For reference, here are docs about the implementations in other browsers

• Firefox: https://screenshots.firefox.com/
• Vivaldi: https://help.vivaldi.com/article/capture-a-screenshot/

[Smooey]

Yes, please please pretty please include this into Brave. I'd never use another browser ever again, if this was included into Brave lol.

[eljuno]

+1 from Community https://community.brave.com/t/how-do-i-take-a-partial-screenshot-of-a-webpage-like-firefox-has/74335?u=eljuno

[NumDeP]

+1 Using third-party extensions are terribly inefficient and have more steps than one would wish for. Though I have to admit they've helped me quite a lot these past couple of years, however in Brave these type of extensions and similar extensions are very slow and throwing up bugs.
I second @jamesray1 request of it to function exactly like in Mozilla. It's just fantastic, so fast, light and without a doubt the most efficient screen/webpage screen-capture ever.

Something that is well integrated within the browser like Mozilla's and doesn't unnecessarily consume memory in the background would be most ideal, in addition, it would be really good if repetitive tasks were somehow made easy. Most capture solutions allow either full, visible screen and a cropper feature, it would be really good if Brave enhanced the end solution to be even more efficient without a multitude of buttons by mitigating repetitive tasks for the user by remembering the structure of last screen capture of a certain page (site) taken, so when the button is pressed next, you don't have to make adjustments again and again.

Totally deserves a P3 label considering we're passed 1.0 now and this was sort of promised in 0.18.x Muon! :)

[xenithorb]

The Chrome webstore landscape for screenshot tools is a minefield of data collection and badly designed tools. I looked through maybe 20 to find one that was as simple and effective as Mozilla's in Firefox (as a refugee) and couldn't come across any. Most are developed by individuals, and tend to be of a dubious nature.

The Chromium community at large would benefit greatly from a well-designed capture tool that could:

1. Collect full-page areas
2. Collect areas based on page elements
3. Basic annotations like arrows and text

This space is dying for an extension with a reputable company backing it like Brave. Hopefully this great team can find some cycles to get something going!

[bsclifton]

+1 from @clicky6 via #17820

cc: @rebron - I updated the top level post with the example from Microsoft Edge in case we wanted to re-prioritize

[Tonev]

@bsclifton

Do you think the built-in Chromium screenshot functionality can be used as a first step into introducing such an option in some Brave menu?

1. Open Developer tools.
2. Use Ctrl + Shift + P to run a command.
3. Type screenshot.
4. Observe the provided options.

[kayzzen01]

Looking forward to this feature. I use this feature a lot in Firefox to make manuals.

[andrewaclear]

This would be nice but if you guys are just looking for a nice way to take screenshots, use http://scrnli.com/# extension which you can get from the chrome store Scrnli Screenshot & Screen Video Recorder. It's really good

[nsklaus]

when i press "share" button on my gamepad (ds4), i get a popup asking me if i want to allow screen capture for brave browser. this is annoying and i cannot find how to disable this. could anyone tell me how i can prevent brave from recording anything ? i would like to disable it.

this only happen with brave browser. my system is macos 12.2, and for the popup to appear it require a long press on the share button. the gamepad is connected via bluetooth. any hint at how to disable this would be appreciated.