When the context of the overall window is informative, getting both is fine. The built-in macOS screenshot capability can see the window, but it can’t grab the attached dialog as an independent interface element. Option-click to take the screenshot sans drop shadow.įor the last few versions of macOS, we’ve had a problem with dialogs that are attached to a window, technically called “document-modal dialogs” or “sheets,” although Apple prefers they just be called “dialogs” in user-facing text.Move the pointer over the desired interface element, which turns blue.For that, we rely heavily on this technique to take a screenshot of a particular user interface element without its drop shadow: The goal is always to end up with a screenshot that illustrates something we’re discussing in the text without adding confusion with extraneous information or messing up the article layout with unnecessary drop shadows or white space. Here at TidBITS, we spend a lot of time on screenshots: composing them, taking them, editing them, bordering them, and more. The Hidden Trick for Capturing Document-Modal Dialogs in Mac Screenshots #1642: How to identify phishing attacks, new iPhone and iPad passcode requirements.
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