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). You can also choose multiple browsers to see the “least common denominator” area. Loupe The Loupe tool lets you magnify a portion of the screen to examine detail at magnifications from 200 to 800 percent. 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. My favorite part of this tool are the little touches. For example, you can freeze or lock the display, which lets you move the mouse without changing the magnified image. (The difference between lock and freeze is that the former allows the image to reflect changes to the magnified area, whereas freeze gives you a static image.) And the Avoid Mouse feature automatically moves the Loupe tool’s window away from the mouse, which is useful if you want to examine something underneath the window itself. Guides The Guide tool lets you create horizontal or vertical guidelines to help you align objects on the screen. You can create horizontal or vertical guides by simply pressing Shift+Command+H or Shift+Command+V, respectively, or you can use xScope’s Guide Wizard the latter is especially useful for adding multiple guides spaced evenly. If you want to reposition a guide, xScope displays its position relative to the top-left corner of the screen. You can also link guides, and you can save guide sets for future use.įrames Similar to guides, frames are, as the name implies, rectangular overlays for your screen to help you design for a particular area. You can create as many frames as you like, each with a different size. Once a frame is created, you can resize it (freely or using a set aspect ratio), duplicate it, or link it to other frames each frame displays its dimensions and-while being positioned-its onscreen coordinates. You can also create a 2×2, 3×3, or 4×4 grid inside the frame, and you can take a screenshot of the frame’s contents. As with guidelines, you can save frame sets for later use.Ĭrosshair This simple tool gives you a crosshair that identifies your cursor’s onscreen position, displayed as X/Y coordinates relative to the upper-left corner of your screen. Alternatively, you can set the current cursor position as the basis for coordinates.

If you’re using the Rulers tool, you can instead set the ruler’s intersection as the base, which lets you use the crosshair together with the rulers to measure onscreen elements. Easy accessīesides xScope’s own menus, the program makes its tools available via menu-bar icons, a floating tool palette, keyboard shortcuts, or any combination of the three-these options make it easy to access xScope’s features from within other programs.

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