Linux/Firefox- snapping open tab from another machine

Question

Is there a way to snap the currently open tab(s) on Firefox (or any other browser) on Linux? I have full user access to that machine... Thanks

Answer 1

Here's a strategy:

1. Get the X window id of the browser window containing the current tab that you want to snap. You can use wmctrl or xdotool for this.

2. Use ImageMagick's import command to "snap" the currently open tab:

   $ import -windowid $window_id tabNNN.png

3. Use some scripting to ask the browser to go to the next/previous tab in the list of open tabs. You can use xdotool to simulate the key presses or do a remote connection to the browser (chrome allows you to do this).

4. Repeat from step 2.

Here's a one liner that captures all open windows in X:

$ for i in `xdotool search .`;do import -windowid $i $i.png;done

Good luck!

Answer 2

If by "snapping" you mean transferring one tab from one process on machine A, to another process on machine B, then no, you can't do that.