Full vs Partial Snip: Step-by-Step Touch Gestures to Capture Exactly What You Need

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If your device includes a USI (Universal Stylus Initiative) active pen or a garaged digitizer, ChromeOS exposes an even faster capture method. Undocking the stylus or tapping the screen with the pen tip activates a specialized pen icon on the ChromeOS shelf shortcut tray.

Tapping this stylus menu opens a compact popover menu containing two dedicated capture options: Capture screen and Capture region. Selecting "Capture region" turns your stylus into a high-precision drafting tool. Instead of dragging a finger and obscuring the screen edges, trace the stylus tip directly around the desired content. The sub-millimeter precision of active digitizers makes this the ideal method for selecting dense blocks of code, complex formulas, or tight graphics. Once drawn, the system instantly processes the frame and sends it straight to your clipboard.