SingleFile

Archive a complete page into a single HTML file

Instructions - Options description - Technical notes - Unknown issues
  1. Instructions
    • wait until the page is fully loaded: you may need to scroll down the entire page and hover dynamic document elements (e.g. "rollover" images) to be sure all elements are loaded
    • click on the SingleFile icon in the extension toolbar

    Additional notes:

    • You can use the context menu to process the whole page ("process page"), the selected part of a page ("process selection") or a frame ("process frame")
  2. Options description

    You can customize the way SingleFile process a document through the options page. Right-click on SingleFile icon in the browser toolbar and select "Options" in the context menu to open the options page.

    Details :

    • remove hidden elements

      Check this option to remove all hidden elements ( visibility = "hidden", or  display = "none", or  opacity = "0" CSS property values). This option may alter the document but can considerably reduce the size of the file.

      It is recommended to uncheck this option

    • remove unused CSS rules

      Check this option to remove all CSS rules that do not match any element. This option may alter the document but can considerably reduce the size of the file. Checking this option may also introduce some incompatibilities issues in the saved page when opening it into another browser (i.e. not based on Chromium).

      It is recommended to uncheck this option

    • Reset to default options

      Reset all the options to default state.

  3. Technical notes
    • all images are converted into base64
    • resources are injected in the document using data URI scheme
    • data URI scheme is supported by all modern browsers.
  4. Unknown issues

    If you find an unknown issue (i.e. frozen process, extra saved files, blank or altered document, tab crash...):

    • reset SingleFile options
    • if resetting options did not work, try to disable all other extensions to see if there is a conflict
    • if there is a conflict then try to determine against which extension(s)
    • please report the issue here with a short description describing how to reproduce the issue, Browser version, OS name and version.