Visual Swipe File

Capture live, interactive website sections with hover states and animations intact. Build a searchable design reference library.

creenshots lose the thing you actually wanted to capture. The hover state. The animation. The exact colour. The way it reflows on mobile. A screenshot is a flat, dead approximation of something that was alive. Visual Swipe File captures the real thing. How it works Press ⌘⇧S (or Ctrl+Shift+S) on any website. A visual selector appears — hover over any element to highlight it, click to capture it. The extension saves the HTML and CSS as a self-contained snapshot: all fonts inlined, all images base64-encoded, all styles resolved. Hover states, CSS transitions, and keyframe animations all survive intact. What you get A searchable library of live, interactive captures. Filter by pattern type (Navigation, Hero, Pricing, Form, Animation). Search by source domain or tag. Click any colour dot in a capture to copy the exact hex value — no eyedroppers. Preview any capture at mobile, tablet, or desktop width using the responsive viewer. Share without installing Generate a share link for any capture or collection. Recipients open it in any browser — no extension required — and see the live interactive captures exactly as you do. Permanent reference Captures are completely self-contained — zero network requests. A capture made today renders identically in five years, even if the original site has been completely redesigned or taken down. Perfect for UI designers building pattern libraries · Freelancers briefing developers · Marketers referencing competitor pages · Anyone who's watched a bookmarked site disappear.