In my browser, how do I download an inline or background image from a web page?
An inline image appears alongside text in a web page, while a background image usually appears in a tiled pattern behind the text. Both kinds of image can be in either JPEG or GIF format. You can use Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari to download an inline or background image, according to the appropriate steps below.
On this page:
Internet Explorer
To download an inline image:
- Right-click the image you want to download, and then click
Save Picture As....
- Choose the location to which you would like to save the image and
click
Save.
To download a background image, right-click the background image you
want to download and click Save Background As... . A
Save Picture dialog box will appear, allowing you to
select the directory in which you want to save the image.
Firefox
To download an inline image:
- Right-click the image you want to download, and choose
Save Image As....
- Choose the location to which you would like to save the image, and
then click
Save.
To download a background image, right-click the background image
you want to download. Click View Background Image, and then
follow the instructions for downloading an inline image.
Safari
To download an inline image, click and drag the image to the desktop
or a document in another application. You can also
Ctrl-click the image and select either Save Image
As... or Copy Image to Clipboard.
To download a background image, Ctrl-click or right-click
the image and, from the menu that appears, select View Source
or View Frame Source. Find the URL for the
background image in the document's <body> tag (it should be near
the top). Open that URL and then download the image as described above
for inline images in Safari.
Last modified on May 13, 2009.
