Zight for Chrome
The Chrome extension that records a tab and captures the whole page, not just the visible bit.
Record the current tab or your whole screen, capture a full-page screenshot with one key, mark it up, and share a link — all without leaving the browser or installing an application.
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What is the best screen recorder Chrome extension?
Zight is a free screen recorder and screenshot extension for Chrome. It records the current tab or full screen, captures the visible area, entire page or desktop, annotates the result, and puts a share link on your clipboard. Installing the sender extension requires permission to add Chrome extensions, and administrators can block or require approval on managed devices. Request Link recipients record in their browser without installing the extension.
What it does on Chrome
Five jobs, one app
The set that usually needs a screenshot utility, a recorder, an editor and a file-sharing account between them.
Screen recording
Record the current tab or the whole screen, with an optional camera and microphone. The sender installs the Chrome extension; on managed devices, an administrator may block it or require approval.
Learn moreFull-page screenshots
Press Space for the visible area, E for the entire page, or D for the desktop. The whole-page capture is the one browsers make hard and the reason most people go looking for an extension.
Learn moreAnnotation
Arrows, boxes, text, highlights and blur on the capture before it goes, so the person opening the link sees what you meant rather than a full page of interface.
Learn moreVideo editing
Trim, cut, split and merge the recording after the fact. Enough to cut the false start off the front without downloading the file first.
Learn moreRequest links
Send a link and someone else records in their browser with no extension, account or install on their side. If a workspace administrator enables Data Logs, a video response can also include console, network, browser and system details.
Learn moreGetting started on Chrome
Four steps, and the last one is paste
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Add the extension
From the Chrome Web Store, then pin it so the icon is one click away rather than behind the puzzle piece.
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Pick record or screenshot
Record the tab or the whole screen; or drag a region and press Space, E or D for the visible area, the entire page or the desktop.
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Mark it up
Arrows, text and blur on the capture, or annotate live while the recording runs.
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Share the link
On your clipboard when you finish. The person opening it needs no extension and no account.
Keyboard shortcuts
The capture keys, which is most of what makes an extension quick. Everything else is on the toolbar icon.
- Screenshot the full screen
- Alt ⇧ V
- Capture the visible area
- Space
- Capture the entire page
- E
- Capture the desktop
- D
The other direction
Every capture app sends. This one also asks.
Whatever you install on your own machine, it cannot see what is happening on someone else’s — and “can you send me a screenshot?” is where the afternoon goes. Send a request link instead: they capture their screen from the browser, with no account and no install, whatever they are running.
How-tos
Capturing pages in Chrome
Full-page and scrolling captures, and what the browser will and will not do alone.
FAQ
Questions people ask about Chrome
Yes. The free plan covers screen recording, screenshots, video requests and 15-second GIFs, with recordings up to five minutes and no credit card. Unlimited recording time starts on the Create plan.
Yes. Start a capture and press E for the entire page, Space for the visible area, or D for the desktop. Full-page capture is the main reason to use an extension rather than the operating system’s screenshot key.
Yes, after the extension is installed. On a managed Chromebook or managed Chrome browser, an administrator can block extensions or require approval, so the extension is not a way around device policy.
No. A Zight link opens in any browser with nothing installed and no account, which is what makes it usable with customers rather than only with colleagues.
Either. Chrome asks which you want when the recording starts — the current tab, a window, or the entire screen — and a camera overlay is optional on all three.
The Mac and Windows apps do the same capture from outside the browser, with system-wide shortcuts, and share the same library. The extension is the lightest way to start, and nothing has to be migrated if you add the desktop app later.
Show it, instead of typing it out.
Free on Chrome. Capture, point at the thing, paste the link.