mozscreenshots

Take screenshots of Mozilla applications in various UI configurations.

The tool will setup the browser in every possible combination of the specified configuration sets (e.g. WindowSize) and take a screenshot. Note that the order of the sets affects the order that the configurations are setup. If no sets are specified, the default is: TabsInTitlebar Tabs WindowSize Toolbars LightweightThemes.

Note that the extension (XPI) code has mostly moved to https://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/tools/mozscreenshots/mozscreenshots/extension/

Documentation on MDN

dependencies

• mozrunner (mozscreenshots subclasses mozrunner for standalone execution only)
• compare and convert from ImageMagick for compare_screenshots
• apngasm(optional) to generate animated PNG comparison images

capturing screenshots from mozilla source

mach mochitest --subsuite screenshots
mach mochitest --subsuite screenshots --setenv MOZSCREENSHOTS_SETS=DevTools
mach mochitest --subsuite screenshots --setenv MOZSCREENSHOTS_SETS=DevEdition,TabsInTitlebar,Tabs,WindowSize,Toolbars

capturing screenshots from the standalone executable (not recently tested)

To output the list of valid sets, use --list-sets.

installation

pip install -U mozscreenshots

after installation:

mozscreenshots -b /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox [sets]

examples

mozscreenshots -b /Applications/Nightly.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox Tabs WindowSize LightweightThemes
mozscreenshots -b /c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Mozilla\ Firefox/firefox.exe SystemTheme WindowSize Toolbars
mozscreenshots -b ~/nightly/firefox Tabs WindowSize Toolbars LightweightThemes

output

The screenshots can be found in the following directories for now (issue 9 will make them configurable):

• In MOZ_UPLOAD_DIR if the environment variables is defined
• /%TmpD%/mozscreenshots/ (a temporary directory which is output at the before capturing begins)

caveats

• The SystemTheme configuration attempts to change the Windows theme while the application is running which doesn't always work correctly. The alternative is to manually change the Windows theme before a run and not including the SystemTheme set.
• On OS X, if you have another instance of the binary running from the same path (e.g. with a different profile), the wrong application may be captured. You can use a symlink to workaround the issue.
• There is no attempt to reset the profile or system theme back to their original value after a run. The Windows theme can be re-set manually and runs shouldn't be performed on a user's default profile.

fetching images from automation

Use fetch_screenshots to fetch screenshots from Mozilla automation (e.g. Try server):

pip install -U mozscreenshots
fetch_screenshots -n 2017-01-17
fetch_screenshots --project mozilla-central -r 3e275d37a06236981bff399b7d7aa0646be3fee7
fetch_screenshots -r <try_rev>

comparing images for changes

Use compare_screenshots to compare image files or directories (recursively) using ImageMagick. System UI (e.g. the clock and taskbar) is cropped out of the images when necessary so they aren't included in image comparisons and generate false positives.

pip install -U mozscreenshots
compare_screenshots  mozilla-central/08138045c38c/ try/5f6ca9194dd9/

web UI

https://screenshots.mattn.ca/compare/