
It also displays the HTML, RGB, and HSB color values for the pixel directly under the mouse cursor you can copy one of these values, or the magnified image, to the Clipboard.

Loupe The Loupe tool lets you magnify a portion of the screen to examine detail at magnifications from 200 to 800 percent. You can also choose multiple browsers to see the “least common denominator” area. Just click on a browser name in the list to display an outline of the page-viewing area of that browser (xScope assumes the browser is set to fill the screen and has its default settings). (Similarly, the screenshot feature doesn’t include those measurements in the image.) And it would be useful if you could resize a Shrink-mode box after drawing it.īut unlike many similar utilities, xScope’s Screen tool also lets you see how much of the chosen screen size will actually be available for Web-page viewing in various browsers. My biggest complaint is that you can’t copy the measured dimensions to the Clipboard-for example, if you want to send them to a co-worker in an email-unless you use Shrink mode. This box stays on the screen until you remove it, and you can add as many boxes to your screen as you like, which makes it easy to compare the dimensions of two different screen areas.Īs neat as the Dimensions tool is, it does have a few limitations. In these cases, you can use the oddly-named Shrink mode, which lets you use a marquee to draw a box designating the area to be measured.

Once you’ve measured the desired element or space, you can use a keyboard shortcut to dim the area around your measurement to focus on that area, or take a screenshot of just the measured area.īecause the auto-measure feature uses changes in color to determine object edges, xScope can have trouble if an object or a background features a gradient or shadow, or if the edges of an image aren’t clearly discernible.
