Release Notes

Stay up to date with the latest features, improvements, and bug fixes for Element Snapper.

v1.5.1

2026-09-23

Sticky headers, cookie banners, and floating ads are now captured once instead of repeating down every full-page screenshot, and the floating panel no longer disappears when your capture history is empty.

Highlights

  • ✨Fixed/sticky elements captured once
  • ✨Panel stays open on empty history
  • ✨Clearer Copy as Prompt mode limits

v1.5.0

2026-09-17

A new "Copy as Prompt" output mode lets you copy an element's context straight to your clipboard for AI coding tools, full-page capture is back to a debugger-free engine, and the floating panel gets animated toggles and more reliable capture hygiene.

Highlights

  • ✨Copy as Prompt output mode
  • ✨Debugger-free full-page capture
  • ✨Remove All from capture history
  • ✨Interactive playground page

v1.4.0

2026-04-27

Capture previews and a session history browser let you review, re-download, or copy recent screenshots without recapturing — plus a new CDP-based full-page engine that's dramatically faster with no stitching artifacts.

Highlights

  • ✨macOS-style capture preview thumbnail
  • ✨Session-scoped capture history browser
  • ✨Remove individual captures from history
  • ✨Single-shot CDP full-page capture

v1.3.0

2026-04-05

Major update introducing a persistent floating panel, configurable keyboard shortcuts, and click-and-drag area capture for a more flexible and powerful screenshot workflow.

Highlights

  • ✨Persistent floating in-page panel
  • ✨Configurable keyboard shortcuts
  • ✨Click-and-drag area capture
  • ✨Renamed action buttons: Area, Screen, Page

v1.2.3

2026-03-04

This update improves the element selection experience with smarter highlighting, a new Escape key to cancel, and better handling for oversized elements.

Highlights

  • ✨Cancel selection with Escape key
  • ✨Smart highlight overlay for precise selection
  • ✨Better handling of oversized elements

v1.2.2

2026-02-14

This update focuses on streamlining the user interface and improving the overall user experience with a cleaner, more modern design.

Highlights

  • ✨Redesigned Popup UI with dark theme
  • ✨Dedicated sliding settings panel
  • ✨Visual enhancements to switches and sliders

v1.2.0

2026-02-10

This update introduces new quick action buttons, clipboard support, dynamic capture delay, and improved scrolling capabilities for capturing large elements.

Highlights

  • ✨Quick action buttons for viewport and full page capture
  • ✨Copy directly to clipboard to skip downloads
  • ✨Dynamic delayed capture (0-10 seconds) for hover states

v1.1.0

2026-02-05

This quality-of-life update features a redesigned settings panel and resolves issues with clipboard output and multi-tile stitching.

Highlights

  • ✨Redesigned settings panel with compact layout
  • ✨Fixed issues with multi-tile image capture
  • ✨Fixed clipboard output for viewport shortcuts

v1.0.0

2026-02-01

The initial launch of Element Snapper! A powerful new extension to grab pixel-perfect screenshots of any webpage element.

Highlights

  • ✨Element selection capture with DPR-aware cropping
  • ✨Full element capture utilizing multi-tile stitching
  • ✨Lossless PNG and configurable JPEG support