Tab Image Saver is a Firefox addon that makes it easy to save images from browser tabs you have open.
Download from Firefox Addons.
By default this addon saves the largest image found on the active tab.
You may control how this functions by changing the addon preferences at in Firefox > Add-ons > Extensions > Tab Image Saver > Preferences or right-click the toolbar icon.
- Multitasking Support - run addon concurrently in separate windows
- Keyboard shortcut options
- Select from active tab, tabs to the left/right of current tab, or all tabs.
- Cancel running operations
- Set minimum image size in pixels
- Option to only save tabs with images, ignoring tabs with webpages
- Filenames renamed automatically
- Display badge on icon with runtime information and count of downloads
- Close tabs after saving
- Hide saved images from download history
- Show notification when complete
Path rules are a flexible method for setting the image filenames when downloading.
The Path rules syntax is based off template strings, this will be familiar to anyone who has coded Javascript.
Path rules are processed top-down: if the first rule does not evaluate to a valid path then it will proceed to the next rule in the list and so on.
The following variables are available for use in Path rules
| Variable | Description | Example* |
|---|---|---|
| alt | image's alt content | Caption |
| name | image's url filename without extension | filename |
| xName | image's filename from Content-Disposition header | filename |
| ext | image's url extension | jpg |
| xExt | image's extension from Content-Disposition header | jpg |
| xMimeExt | image's extension from Content-Type header | jpg |
| host | image's url hostname | example.com |
| path | image's url path | path/to |
| index | image number starting at '1', incremented for each image | 1 |
| tabTitle | tab's page title | (JPEG Image, 500 x 500 pixels) |
| tabHost | tab's url hostname | example.com |
| tabPath | tab's url path | path/to |
| tabFile | tab's url filename without extension | filename |
| tabExt | tab's url extension | jpg |
*Example source:
<img src="http://example.com/path/to/filename.jpg" alt="Caption">
Empty variables can be skipped with boolean logic using double-pipe: ||
${name}.${ext||xExt||xMimeExt||'jpg'}
This will attempt to find the filename extension from the URL, Content-Disposition header, Content-Type header, and finally if all else fails will use jpg
String methods can be chained to variables or strings in the Path rule.
The padStart method can be used to string pad the index variable.
img_${index.padStart(4, 0)}.jpg
This will use the index of the image in the active download session. The index is incremented for each image saved and processed in tab order. The output will be zero padded, such as img_0001.jpg
The replace method can use regular expresions on variables.
Using replace(), if alt variable contains a pipe symbol | then it and any trailing characters are removed:
${alt.replace(/\s*\|.*/, '')}
Path sanitization helper methods will quickly remove most problematic characters from a string.
sanitizeFile("string", "_")removes all slashes and replaces illegal characters with underscores to create a valid filename.sanitizePath("string", "_")replaces illegal characters with underscores and retains slashes to allow multi-level folders.
Rulesets can apply rules and options to a specific domain or url of the tab page.
Rulesets are tested in order from top to bottom. Any pages that are unmatched by a Ruleset will default to the Global settings.
The standard form of domain rule allows for simple wildcard matching (*).
Domain rules can also be interpreted as a regular expression by wrapping in hash characters (#).
The following examples are for https://example.com/page.html
| Domain rule | Match |
|---|---|
| example.com/ | Yes |
| example.co | Yes |
| example.co/ | No |
| ample.com/ | Yes |
| e*e.com/ | Yes |
| /page.html | Yes |
| #//example.[^/]{3}/# | Yes |
The download method does not need to be changed unless you are using the cache workaround or having issues with downloads.
| Method | Advantages | Disadvantages |
|---|---|---|
| Fetch | fast cancellation | does not use cache #91 |
| Content-fetch (default) | multi-account containers; cache-workaround | slowest |
| Download | multi-account containers; cache-workaround; fastest | Clear download history does not work #93 |
Path rules are not in the latest format. Follow the update instructions
Since Firefox 85.0 the network partitioning means that the addon cannot access the browser cache and images are re-fetched from the network for every download.
This security feature can be disabled to improve download performance by editing Firefox config:
about:config -> privacy.partition.network_state -> false
If images load in the browser but fail to download this is often caused by Tracking Protection.
In Firefox settings try reducing the protection level from Strict or adding a site exception.
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