# MD Capture

> Highlight and select DOM elements on any webpage, convert their content to Markdown, copy to clipboard, with preview and download support.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/md-capture](https://chrome-stats.com/d/md-capture)

## Overview

- **ID:** `md-capture`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** VIWLUIRR
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-28
- **First published:** 2026-08-25
- **Size:** 34 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/md-capture/)

## Description

<strong>MD Capture</strong> lets you pick any element on a webpage — a paragraph, a table, an article, even an entire section — and turn it into clean Markdown with a few keystrokes. No more copy-pasting into online converters or hand-writing markup.

Enter capture mode and move through the DOM hierarchy with your keyboard:
- <code>↑</code> / <code>k</code> — parent · <code>↓</code> / <code>j</code> — first child · <code>←</code> / <code>h</code> — previous sibling · <code>→</code> / <code>l</code> — next sibling
- <code>Enter</code> — confirm and exit · <code>Shift+Enter</code> — confirm and keep capturing (multiple elements)
- <code>Esc</code> — exit · <code>?</code> — bring back the floating panel
- When selecting whole page, asks for confirmation before converting the whole page

Prefer the mouse? Toggle the crosshair button in the panel: hover to highlight, click to lock — just like the browser's element picker.

<ul><li>Highlighted element with a floating tag (tag, id, class) that follows scrolling</li><li>A floating panel (draggable &amp; resizable, remembers position/size) showing:</li><li>a canvas thumbnail of all block-level elements drawn in document coordinates (doesn't shift when you scroll)</li><li>breadcrumb path, tag / id / class, size, child count, empty state</li></ul>
<ul><li>Keep or strip images, links, tables, code blocks</li><li>Clean inline styles (unwrap <code>span</code>/<code>font</code>), remove empty paragraphs</li><li>Heading style: keep original level / flatten to bold / force H2</li><li>Local CSS filter: pick a parent element, then extract only the nodes matching your selector (e.g. <code>article p, .content img</code>)</li></ul>

Markdown is copied to the clipboard automatically with a toast notification, followed by a floating action bar (8s): <strong>Open Preview</strong> (raw source in a new tab) and <strong>Download .md</strong>.

<ul><li>Toolbar icon → popup (quick toggles) → Start Capture</li><li>Right-click anywhere → "Capture element as Markdown" (starts from the element under the cursor)</li><li>Shortcut: <code>Ctrl+Shift+M</code> (reassignable in about:addons)</li></ul>

Everything runs locally in your browser. No data is collected, stored remotely, or sent anywhere. Permissions are minimal: <code>activeTab</code> (current page only), <code>contextMenus</code> (context menu entry), <code>clipboardWrite</code> (copy result), <code>storage</code> (save your settings).

Interface languages: English, 中文.

## Rankings

- #95,260 — Overall
- #107 — capture

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/md-capture)