Menus close when they lose attention. Open one, reach for a screenshot tool, and the thing you wanted to capture has already gone, which is why documenting a settings menu or a broken dropdown usually turns into several failed attempts and a lot of swearing.
How to do it
- 1
Open the menu you want to capture
A dropdown, a right-click menu, a hover state, anything that vanishes when you click elsewhere.
- 2
Trigger a region screenshot and leave the menu open
QuickSnip takes a still of the screen as it is right then, so what you see next is a frozen picture rather than the live desktop.
- 3
Drag a box around the menu
You are selecting on the frozen image, so nothing moves, collapses, or scrolls while you aim.
What you end up with
A screenshot with the menu still open in it. The link is on your clipboard when you are done, and the freeze is on by default so there is nothing to switch on first.
Questions
Do I need to turn anything on?
No. Freezing the screen for region screenshots is the default. There is a switch for it in General settings if you would rather select on the live screen.
Does this work for hover states and tooltips?
Yes. Anything on the screen when you trigger the capture is in the frozen frame, including states that disappear the moment the pointer moves.
Why would I ever turn the freeze off?
If you need to capture something that is still moving while you choose the region, a video playing behind the selection for instance. For menus, leave it on.
Try it yourself
QuickSnip is free to start. Record or snap, and the link is on your clipboard before the window closes.
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Put a screenshot straight into a GitHub issue
Add a plus sign to the share link and you get the raw image, which is what an issue tracker needs to render it inline.
Record a bug report a developer can actually fix
Narrate what you were doing while you do it, so the recording carries the steps instead of just the symptom.