html2canvas render only the visible part of div element

Question

I'm using html2canvas to screenshot a scrollable div element in the page. However, it only renders the what is visible instead of whole div.

Here is a small example: https://codepen.io/johnhckuo/pen/abpGrmr

I've done some searching and see others recommend setting scrollY: -window.scrollY in the html2canvas parameter. But it doesn't work for me.

Does anyone have experience on this issue? Thank you!

Answer 1

Try adding a child element to #photo, which is not constrained by CSS - like this:

<div id="photo">
<div id = "photo-inner">
        <button onclick="takeshot()">
        Take Screenshot
    </button>
    <h1>Test</h1>
    Hello everyone! This is a
    trial page for taking a
    screenshot.
    <br><br>
    This is a dummy button!
    <button> Dummy</button>
    <br><br>
    Click the button below to
    take a screenshot of the div.
    <br><br>
    <button onclick="takeshot()">
        Take Screenshot
    </button>
</div>
</div>

Then, make the child element the target of html2canvas:

let div = document.getElementById('photo-inner');

(This works in your Codepen, which I can't fork, as I'm not signed up.)