screenshot¶

mantidplot.screenshot(widget, filename, description, png_exists=False)¶

Take a screenshot of the widget for displaying in a html report.

The MANTID_SCREENSHOT_REPORT environment variable must be set to the destination folder. Screenshot taking is skipped otherwise.

Parameters:	widget – QWidget to grab. filename – Save to this file (no extension!). description – Short descriptive text of what the screenshot should look like. png_exists – if True, then the ‘filename’ already exists. Don’t grab a screenshot, but add to the report.