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Current tab

Record the browser tab that you're currently in.

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What does the "Current tab" record exactly mean?

When you start recording using the Current Tab option from the BetterBugs Chrome extension, only the current open tab gets recorded. It does not matter if you have other tabs open. They will not get captured.

Note: The URL address bar, bookmarks bar, and the system toolbar are NOT RECORDED.

Steps to record the current browser tab

1

Get started

Open the BetterBugs extension and click the "Screen Record" button.

2

Select the recording mode and start

Hit the "Current Tab" button. The current tab starts getting recorded (upto 15 minutes) after three seconds. Also, you can pause the recording and resume from the pop-up control toolbar when you start recording.

3

Stop recording

After you've finished recording, press the "Finish recording" red button on the control toolbar. There you have it, the tab is recorded and good to go.

Default keyboard shortcuts for recording the current tab:

  • For Windows: Alt + Shift + Q

  • For Mac: ^ + ⌘ + T

Using the control toolbar while screen recording, you can:

  1. Drag and drop the toolbar anywhere on your screen.

  2. Finish recording.

  3. Pause/resume recording.

  4. Annotate your video with drawing tools.

  5. Blur elements with the "toggle blur tool" option to hide sensitive information.

  6. Add video messages with the recording (with mic and webcam enabled).

You can use the "Download Video" button to instantly download it on your device.

Once you're good with filling in the bug details, you can upload the report to your BetterBugs account using the "Upload Bug Details" button. Use the report link to instantly share it with others.

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For this, click "+ Connect to your tools" at the bottom right section of the report screen. From here, you can connect your existing project tool with BetterBugs and then send reports directly to the tools' workspaces.

With every bug report, BetterBugs auto-attaches , such as:

You can also send the complete bug report to your integrated .

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