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Scrolling Capture ​

Dropshare 6.16 or newer

Scrolling Capture captures content taller than the screen, such as a full web page, a long chat, or a document, as one image. You scroll, Dropshare captures each new part as it comes into view and stitches everything together. Images can be up to 20,000 pixels tall.

Start a Scrolling Capture ​

Use one of these:

  • Menu bar popup: open the Screen Capture menu and choose Capture Scrolling Screenshot.
  • Quick dial: click the Scrolling Capture button in the menu bar popup. It can be shown or hidden in Preferences → Popup.
  • Keyboard shortcut: set one in Preferences → Shortcuts → Capture scrolling screenshot. Pressing the shortcut again during a capture finishes it.

The first time, a short guide explains how it works. You can open it again any time with the ? button in the capture panel.

1. Select the area ​

  • Drag over the content that scrolls, or
  • Click a window to capture it, or
  • Press Space to switch to window selection, then click a window.

Press Esc to cancel.

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Select only the content that scrolls, without toolbars and sidebars. That gives the cleanest result. Dropshare handles sidebars, toolbars and sticky headers too, but they are kept in the image (see below).

2. Scroll ​

After selecting, the area stays highlighted and a capture panel appears next to it. It shows a live preview of the image, its size, and how close it is to the maximum height.

  • Scroll by hand at a steady pace. Dropshare adds each new part as it comes into view.
  • Or click Scroll Automatically and let Dropshare scroll for you. It stops at the end of the content. Click Stop Scrolling to take over again.

Automatic scrolling needs Accessibility access. Dropshare asks for it the first time you click Scroll Automatically. You can also allow it in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility.

3. Finish ​

  • Done (or Return): the image is handled like any other screen shot from Dropshare: it is uploaded, or shown as a floating screen shot, depending on your preferences. Watermark, Retina downscaling and AI-generated filenames apply as usual.
  • Annotate (or Shift-Return): opens the image in the annotation editor.
  • Cancel (or Esc): discards the capture.

Pressing the Scrolling Capture shortcut again also finishes the capture.

What gets captured ​

  • Sticky headers and footers, such as a website's navigation bar, appear once: at the top and at the bottom of the image.
  • Sidebars that stay in place while the content scrolls, for example in a browser or mail app, appear at the top; below that, the sidebar's background continues.
  • Floating elements fixed to the window, such as cookie banners, chat buttons or "back to top" buttons, appear once at the bottom of the image instead of repeating.
  • The mouse pointer and Dropshare's own windows (the capture panel and the highlight) are never part of the image.

Good to know ​

  • Scrolling too fast? If the capture panel shows "Scrolling too fast", Dropshare lost track of where it was. Scroll back up a little, then continue more slowly. Nothing captured so far is lost.
  • Scrolled up? Dropshare only adds content when scrolling down. Scroll down again to continue.
  • Don't move or resize the window while capturing. The captured area stays where you selected it.
  • Moving content such as videos, animations or banners that slide in appears as it looked at the moment it was captured.
  • Infinite feeds stop at the maximum height of 20,000 pixels. The panel then shows "Maximum height reached"; press Done or Annotate to keep the image.
  • Return, Shift-Return and Esc work while Dropshare is the active app. After clicking into another app (for example to scroll), use the buttons in the capture panel or the Scrolling Capture shortcut.
  • Scrolling Capture requires the Screen Recording permission, like all screen captures in Dropshare.

Something didn't work? ​

Click Give Feedback at the bottom of the capture panel. Dropshare ends the capture and opens an email to our support team with the image captured so far and a few details about your Mac. Please add the website or app you were capturing and what went wrong.

If Apple Mail is not your default mail app, the image is shown in Finder instead; drag it into the email before sending.