Questions tagged [gnome-screenshot]
tool used by Gnome and Unity Desktop Environment to take screenshots
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How can I specify the default save directory for gnome-screenshot?
Are there any sort of configuration options for specifying the default save location for gnome-screenshot, or is this hard-coded into the source code?
It used to be ~/Desktop, which seems to have ...
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Screenshot selection in 22.04
I am trying to configure the 22.04 (Gnome 42) keyboard shortcut to get the "old" functionality of taking screenshots of area selections and pasting them into clipboard (Ctrl + Shft + PrtScr +...
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Why doesn't the PrintScreen dialog show up in Gnome?
I'm using gnome-shell on Ubuntu 12.04. When I hit PrtSc to take a screenshot, it works, but it automatically saves the screenshot in my Pictures folder. There's no dialogue asking where to save. It ...
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How do I make my screenshot ask me what to do next every time?
I take screenshots a lot. I usually take screenshot of an area, I then recheck if I have the desired area and then copy it to clipboard.
I want to change this behaviour so that immediately upon ...
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How can I include the cursor in the screenshots created when PrtScr is pressed?
I want to make it so that when I press the print screen key on my keyboard, it actually includes the cursor. I know that it is calling gnome-screenshot, but I can't find any way to change the ...
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Disable gnome-screenshot's 'camera flash' animation
How can I disable the gnome-screenshot 'camera flash' animation (fade from black)? I've already disabled the camera shutter sound with sudo mv /usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/camera-shutter.oga ...
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GNOME Screenshot can't copy to clipboard in Ubuntu 18.04
I just freshly installed Ubuntu 18.04 and downloaded the latest updates. I'm having trouble taking screenshots to clipboard using the built-in gnome-screenshot tool. The default keyboard shortcuts ...
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How to get rid of grey area after gnome-screenshot being executed
Right after I make a screenshot using gnome-screenshot some grey rectangle stays on the screen indicating the screenshot area.
In order to remove it, I need to close the gnome-screenshot window ...
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I do NOT want screenshots to be saved to file
When taking a screen shot in Ubuntu 22.04 using the PrtSc key, the image is always saved in the ~/Pictures/Screenshots/ directory. However, I generally almost always paste that image to another ...
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Ubuntu 18.04: Shift+PrintScreen doesn't offer a "save" window after a recent update
I had an Ubuntu update, and my "screenshot" option is not the same as it used to be.
I used to press SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN, and then a menu asking me where I want to save my images appeared (the specific ...
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Why doesn't the keyboard screenshot button work on Ubuntu with GNOME shell?
It works on Ubuntu 17.04 with Unity, however neither via upgrade or a fresh install, does the screenshot keyboard button work on Ubuntu 17.10 with GNOME shell.
Can anyone tell me why or how to fix ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 shortcut keys not saving screenshots
Using Ubuntu 18.04 with GNOME and when I press printscreen it saves the file to my 'Pictures' folder. But when I press ctrl+shift+printscreen to select an area or even ctrl+shift it flashes like it ...
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Change the location of saved screenshot when screenshot taken by printscreen button in GNOME 3 [duplicate]
I want to change the default location of "Save a screenshot to Pictures" to save it to Desktop.
If that is not possible, is there any other way to do it? I am using Ubuntu GNOME 17.04.
NOTE: I don'...
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How to make gnome-screenshot select area to grab after a specified delay
When I need to take a screenshot using gnome-screenshot, it is disabling the delay when I use "Select area to grab".
Is there any way to fix this defect? Is it a defect or is it by design, and if ...
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Why isn't the screenshot working?
When taking a screenshot, there is a gray image displayed.
Before upgrading to Ubuntu 13.04 the screenshot was working properly, however, after the upgrading process the screenshot wont work no more. ...
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How to launch the new GNOME 42 screenshot tool from the Activities Overview after upgrading from Ubuntu 21.10 to 22.04?
It appears that when I upgraded my Ubuntu to 22.04 it carried the old screenshot utility with it, but I also have the new GNOME 42 screenshot way when I push my Print screen key on my keyboard.
So ...
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Screenshot only active monitor (gnome-screenshot)
Pressing printscreen or clickin the screenshot will capture both screens, what if I only want the active monitor display captured, is it feasible? Or should I use shutter or sth?
So not spaces of the ...
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Screen snip (win+shift+s) alternative for Ubuntu
I'm new to Ubuntu and trying to set up my daily requirement tools and features. One of the features I use most is screen snip.
Here are some screenshots that show what I mean by "screen snip"...
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Changing screenshot directory in Ubuntu 21.10
I am trying to change the default folder where the screenshots are saved. Currently, they are saved in /home/USERNAME/Pictures while I would like for this to be something like /home/USERNAME/...
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How can I easily scale a screenshot, taken from a high-DPI screen?
Since I switched to a High DPI display, the screenshots I post are awkwardly big, example below.
Is there a way to quickly make them look normal?
Preferably something faster than firing up GIMP.
In ...
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Using shift + print screen only does a full pag screenshot not sure how to fix it
So I'm trying to use shift + print screen to take a partial screenshot of a page but it only does a full page shot. I didn't have this issue before and i am not sure how to remedy the situation. i ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 uninstall remove build-in screenshot tool
I use flameshot, and I don't want the built-in tool.
I disabled shortcuts in gnome settings, but with no effect
I tried to:
>>:~$ sudo apt remove gnome-screenshot
Reading package lists... Done
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GNOME Screenshot area selection causing freezes [closed]
Issue (Brief)
GNOME Screenshot often freezes or otherwise breaks GNOME when using the area select feature, requiring the gnome-session-b process be killed manually.
Issue (Detailed)
I have three ...
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Assigning Print button to screenshot not working after upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04
When I pressed the Print button, nothing happened.
Checked in System Settings, the button is assigned to screenshot.
If I assign ANY other button except Print, it works normally.
Is this a known ...
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A screenshot is automatically taken upon wakeup
Each time I wake up my computer, gnome screenshot opens up and takes a screenshot.
I have no idea why that is and what I might have done to start this. But I would like to stop it and don't know how....
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How to make `gnome-screenshot` or `flameshot` work in crontab under Wayland?
I am using Ubuntu 21.04 under GNOME on Wayland. I want to take the screenshot every minute and save them to a designated folder. The simplest thing I can think of is using crontab which is available ...
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Update the default location for screenshot in Ubuntu 18.04+? [duplicate]
How do you update the default location for Screenshots in Ubuntu 18.04+?
Note: There is a similar question @ Default save directory for gnome-screenshot?. But the accepted answers are not so clear, so ...
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How can I save and copy a screenhot at the same time?
Ive been trying to use gnome-screenshot like so
gnome-screenshot -acf $(date +%y_%h_%d_%H_%M_%S)
if I use the copy argument gnome-screenshot will not save. Am I missing something?
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How to change the save directory for taking a screenshot for Ubuntu 17.10 Gnome? [duplicate]
If I press Print Screen then click and drag an area, it saves the screenshot to /home/james/pictures. How do I change the default save directory?
It seems like I can't under keyboard shortcuts:
I ...
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Any screenshot application that supports HiDPI?
In a computer with a HiDPI screen (3200x1800), with Ubuntu 14.04 and Cinnamon, gnome-screenshot (3.10.1) captures images at half the resolution (1600x900), so the capture appears blurry. I've tried ...
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Make gnome-screenshot ignore XDG_PICTURES_DIR [duplicate]
I tried the following command:
gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-screenshot auto-save-directory "file://$HOME/screenshots
And it didn't appear to do anything. gnome-screenshot seems to ignore this ...
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what's the shell command for dash screenshot application?
I know in ubuntu, I can use Screenshot application using which I can take a screen shot for selected window. This means there is the application already on ubuntu. What's the command line command for ...
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Skip GNOME Screenshot prompt and shutter sound
I was wondering if there is a way of skipping gnome-screenshot prompt when pressing printscreen in order to record the file directly to a folder and also skipping the annoying shutter sound.
Does ...
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gnome-screenshot problem with color depth 8, any change to generate screenshots 32 color depth?
$ gnome-screenshot -f test.png
$ identify test.png
test.png PNG 1920x1080 1920x1080+0+0 8-bit DirectClass 275KB 0.000u 0:00.000
$ xwininfo -root | grep Depth
Depth: 24
It generates 8-bit images, ...
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Screenshot Issue After Upgrading to Ubuntu 18.10
This issue appeared after I upgrade my Ubuntu from 18.04 to 18.10.
I can't take any screenshot by pressing the screenshot hotkeys, It will make the screen hanging for a few second, the sidebar and ...
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What is the screenshot shortcut on 17.10 when using Unity?
Did the screenshot shortcut keys change in 17.10?
Those documented on https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/screen-shot-record.html no longer work, and if I create an additional one from the ...
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Why can't I remove the window decorations when using gnome-sceenshot?
I can't take screenshots without the windows decorations.
I'm using gnome-screenshot, and according to the manual the optional argument -B should remove the borders.
Here is how my command looks like:
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Ctrl+Alt+Print does not copy to clipboard on Ubuntu 19.10 GNOME 3.34.1
When I use Ctrl+Alt+Print, the clipboard is unaffected. I can verify this by using Ctrl+Shift+Print and can paste it into https://imgur.com/ just fine (Ctrl+Shift+Print does copy to the clipboard, but ...
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screenshot now using $HOME not $HOME/Pictures
When I hit 'Print Scrn' my screenshots are in $HOME. I want to move them back tp ~/Pictures/. All online help says do this or that, some of it pretty scary, and much of it does nothing. Some say it ...
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Gnome-screenshot not showing prompt for setting file name in Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]
I'd like to set every screenshot name manually and choose the place to save it. The prompt was showing in Ubuntu 16.04 but is not showing in 18.04. There is no option to enable that prompt in:
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Why is my screenshot too dark?
I have the same problem as in this post Why is my screenshot so dark? This post however is closed.
I have the problem with both gnome screenshot and XNview. It does not matter what program I'm ...
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How do I change the Screenshots folder?
I downloaded dconf and set /org/gnome/gnome-screenshot/auto-save-directory to the custom value /home/lohroc/Pictures/Screenshots. But, pressing PrintScreen still saves the picture to the Pictures ...
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gnome-screenshot taking shots randomly, also affecting Google Sheets
I'm having a weird problem since the last week or so on my Ubuntu 16.04 laptop.
Out of the blue, gnome-screenshot starts taking shots of the screen - continually. I used to think it only happens when ...
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Is there a setting to turn off the dialog box when making screenshots?
According to this, pressing the screenshot hotkey will do either of 2 things:
For Unity users, it'll open the dialog box where you can set the picture's name, location and whether or not it'll be ...
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Screenshot tool extension not working in Ubuntu 22.04
Instead of the default Ubuntu 22.04 screenshot feature, I prefer the screenshot tool extension.
Systray image
But the extension is not working on Ubuntu 22.04, it's showing an error.
How can I ...
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How do you update Gnome Screenshot?
Version: 3.30.0-2ubuntu1
Source: ubuntu-disco-main
I noticed the latest version is 3.32.0 and that it removes the app menu. How would I get this?
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Click-to-Drag Screenshot missing in 22.04?
Previously (21.10 and earlier) there were keyboard shortcuts available to take a click-and-drag screenshot.
It appears as though that is no longer possible in 22.04. The closest option is now "...
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Screenshot does not work via the GUI in Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla
Screenshot does not work via the interface in Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla. What is the fix? My laptop is a Lenovo t420s
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Can gnome-screenshot save freehand selected shots?
Only full-screen PRTSC will save the screenshot in the Pictures folder. However, can I make gnome-screenshot save the image even if I'm only screenshotting a window or freehand selection?
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Ubuntu 22.04 freezes when taking a screenshot with Brave (chrome) console open + right-clicking on the refresh button
Today I tried to take a screenshot of the little menu that appears when you right-click the refresh button in Brave (Chrome) and perform "Empty cache and Hard Reload" (when the console is ...
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