How to Use Hotspots

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A hotspot is a region of an image that contains special interactive elements, such as hyperlinks or popup tooltips. You can add hotspots to your images in Snagit that can highlight, hyperlink, or popup useful information when the mouse cursor passes over.

Hotspots can also be used to capture hyperlinks on web pages by enabling the Keep Web Links Active option in the Profile Settings pane.

You can only see and edit hotspots on the Hotspots tab.

Hotspots only work when you save your capture in a format that supports them, most commonly SWF. They can be viewed in most web browsers and HTML-enabled email programs.

Why Use Snagit Hotspots?

Use them to create:

Links: Select a region of your image and turn it in to a hyperlink with an optional tooltip. Link to a website, or another image using a file path.

Highlights: Select a color and opacity level for a highlight that appears when the mouse cursor passes over.

Image or text popups: Select another image file or enter a text to appear when the hotspot is moused-over.

You cannot edit SWF files in the Snagit Editor. Before saving your capture with hotspots in a format that supports them, consider saving it as a SNAG file first, so the hotspots can be edited later.

Additional tutorials:

What You Need to Know About Transparency

Basic Snagit Tips & Tricks

Introduction to Searching and Tagging

Sharing Captures from Snagit