Take screenshot of all items in drop-down

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2026-04-25T18:37:18.86+00:00

The drop-down contains 20 items but only 12 are displayed.

When I scroll-down to see the rest of the items, the items at the top are no longer visible.

How can I take a screenshot of the entire drop-down (all 20 items)?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Display and graphics

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  1. AI answer

    2026-04-25T18:38:39.2966667+00:00

    Windows only captures what is currently visible on the screen. If a drop-down list is scrollable, built-in tools like Snipping Tool or screen clipping cannot automatically capture all items in one shot; they only record the visible portion at the time of capture.

    To capture all 20 items, use a manual, multi-step approach and then combine the images:

    1. Open the drop-down and position it so as many items as possible are visible.
    2. Press Windows logo key + Shift + S to open the snipping overlay.
    3. Select Rectangle mode, then drag around the visible part of the drop-down to capture it. The snip is copied to the clipboard and can be opened in Snipping Tool or pasted into another app.
    4. Scroll the drop-down to reveal the remaining items.
    5. Repeat Windows logo key + Shift + S and capture the newly visible items.
    6. Open an image editor (or paste each snip into an app like Word or PowerPoint) and arrange the captured segments vertically to create a single composite image showing all 20 items.

    Snipping Tool and screen clipping do not support automatic scrolling capture of long drop-down lists in Windows 11, so capturing in segments and stitching them together is the only supported method using built-in tools.


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