Screenshots & PDF

Screenshots

Command	Description
screenshot	Screenshot of the viewport
screenshot [ref]	Screenshot of a specific element
screenshot --filename=f	Save with custom filename
screenshot --full-page	Full scrollable page

$ playwright-cli screenshot
# Screenshot saved to .playwright-cli/screenshot-2026-03-15.png

$ playwright-cli screenshot e15
# Screenshot of element e15

$ playwright-cli screenshot --filename=login-page.png
$ playwright-cli screenshot --full-page --filename=full-page.png

PDF export

playwright-cli pdf                      # save with auto-generated name
playwright-cli pdf --filename=page.pdf  # save with custom name

When to use screenshots

Screenshots complement accessibility snapshots:

Use case	Best tool
Interacting with elements	Accessibility snapshot (refs)
Verifying visual layout	Screenshot
Canvas/chart content	Screenshot
Documenting a bug	Screenshot
Understanding page structure	Accessibility snapshot
Reading text content	Accessibility snapshot

Snapshots

For accessibility tree output (not a visual capture):

playwright-cli snapshot                 # full page snapshot
playwright-cli snapshot --filename=f    # custom filename
playwright-cli snapshot [ref]           # element snapshot
playwright-cli snapshot --depth=N       # limit depth

See Snapshots for details on the format and usage.