Quick Screenshot → Clipboard

A tiny Chrome extension that copies a screenshot of the visible area of the current tab to your clipboard.

What it does

• Click the extension icon
• The visible part of the active tab is captured as a PNG
• The screenshot is copied to your clipboard (ready to paste into Notes, Slack, Docs, etc.)

Notes / limitations

• Chrome blocks screenshots on internal pages like chrome:// and chrome-extension:// (this is a Chrome security rule).
• The extension does not collect, store, or transmit any data. Everything happens locally in your browser.

Install (Developer mode)

1. Download or clone this repository
2. Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions
3. Enable Developer mode
4. Click Load unpacked
5. Select the folder containing manifest.json

Usage

• Open any normal website (https://...)
• Click the extension icon
• Paste anywhere with Cmd+V (macOS) or Ctrl+V (Windows)

Permissions

• activeTab — needed to capture the visible area of the active tab when you click the icon
• clipboardWrite — needed to copy the screenshot image to your clipboard

License

MIT - see the LICENSE file.