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Screenshot tooltip

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#1134 opened on May 12, 2017

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Description

Hi,

I want to capture screenshot of element tooltip, however, I have tried with both .mouseover and the plugin nightmare-real-mouse (realMouseover) but it doesn't work. The screenshot doesn't have tooltip. I wonder if the screenshot function itself can't capture the tooltip from Electron or those functions doesn't work. I tried to use realClick from the plugin, it works but realMouseover still can see the tooltip.

I'm trying to use window.webContents.sendInputEnvent but not success so far.

Any ideas on how to implement this requirement?

Thanks,

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javascriptelectron
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testingdeveloper experience
Issue type
bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
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3-5 days
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Basic Electron knowledgeNightmare API familiarity
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20
Research direction
Investigate why tooltip is not captured in screenshot when using mouseover events. Look into Electron's sendInputEvent method and Nightmare's internal screenshot implementation. The issue has been inactive since 2017 and the repository is archived, so consider alternative solutions like using Puppeteer or Playwright.