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What do the scissor do

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I finally broke down and updated to quantum. What do the scissors(snipping tool) do? I thought if you clicked on them you were given the option to select a portion of the screen to cut and save. When I click them nothing happens now with the new version.

I finally broke down and updated to quantum. What do the scissors(snipping tool) do? I thought if you clicked on them you were given the option to select a portion of the screen to cut and save. When I click them nothing happens now with the new version.

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Maybe this article will help :

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-screenshots

Any good  ?

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No help. Clicking on the scissor icon does absolutely nothing.

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Does it matter what site you are using? Add-ons -- this is an add-on that Firefox installs on its own -- do not run on certain Mozilla sites or on built-in pages.

Also, thank you for sharing your extension lists. Since you use NoScript, you probably need to allow scripts on a page before you can use add-ons that inject content into the page (such as the screenshot overlay).

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Well I am trying it on the email page at gmail and nothing happens. No script is not blocking anything on that page. Also on this page nothing happens.

Modified by jdevlin

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jdevlin said

Well I am trying it on the email page at gmail and nothing happens. No script is not blocking anything on that page.

You're absolutely sure about that  ? Have you tried disabling it (for now) to see what happens  ?

In your first post you say :

"When I click them nothing happens now with the new version. "

Which suggests that it did work before ...... (?)

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If I click the scissors and then go to paint there is nothing to paste. Also I seem to remember that in that past clicking on scissor gave me cross hair to select what part of the page I want to snip. then i could paste it.

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jdevlin said

If I click the scissors and then go to paint there is nothing to paste. Also I seem to remember that in that past clicking on scissor gave me cross hair to select what part of the page I want to snip. then i could paste it.

Ahh, but that's a switch from what you said earlier :

" Clicking on the scissor icon does absolutely nothing. "

Would you take a look at this (if you haven't already) :

https://screenshots.firefox.com/

And also :

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Screenshots/FAQs

Anything helpful there  ?

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Yes that is what I had before. So the scissors that are on the new Quantum are not the same scissors that I had before. I guess I don't need them. I will remove them from the tool bar.

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You can check the Browser Console to see if there are message about Firefox screenshots.

Some websites may prevent extensions from working if they have very restrictive CSP policy rules.