June 21, 2026

Screenshot Target: Capture a Single Element

You can now capture just one element of a page instead of the whole screen. Set a Screenshot Target — a CSS selector — under Advanced Web Page Options, and Blitapp will crop the screenshot to that element.


How it works

Open a capture’s Advanced Web Page Options and fill in the new Screenshot Target field with a CSS selector, for example:

  • #pricing — capture the element with id pricing
  • .hero — capture the first element with class hero
  • table.report — capture a specific report table

Blitapp waits for the page to load, finds the element, and returns a screenshot of just that element. If the selector matches nothing, Blitapp falls back to a normal capture of the page or window, depending on your capture settings — so a missing element never breaks your schedule.

The Screenshot Target field under Advanced Web Page Options

Why this matters

Targeting a single element is handy when you want to:

  • monitor one widget — a price, a status badge, a chart — without the surrounding page
  • crop out headers, navigation, and cookie banners automatically
  • produce tighter images for emails, Slack, and dashboards
  • track visual changes on a specific component over time

Tips

  • Use the most specific selector you can. If several elements match, the first one is captured.
  • Combine it with Hide elements to remove overlays, or Browser Wait / Maximum Wait to make sure the element has rendered before the capture.
  • Pair it with Trackers to extract data from the same element you are capturing.

Learn more

See the help page for details: Screenshot Target.

As always, if you need a hand setting up a capture, reach out to us at support@blitapp.com.

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