Instant screenshot

[Gekoncze]

I'd like to be able to take screenshot instantly after pressing the print screen button, saving it automatically to some folder. I'd use it mostly for taking screenshots in games where I don't have time to deal with a popup window. Is there any way to do it in xfce?

[xenopeek]

xfce4-screenshot can't save a screenshot without user intervention. I'd personally just install gnome-screenshot and add a new keyboard shortcut (in Settings > Keyboard > Application Shortcuts) for this command:
bash -c "gnome-screenshot -f \"$HOME/Pictures/$(date '+Screenshot from %Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S %N.png')\""

That will save a screenshot in the Pictures directory in your home directory and name it something like "Screenshot from 2017-06-27 17-37-17 619567105.png". The last number in that filename are the nanoseconds. I added that because else if you take two screenshots within the same second the last one would overwrite the first one. If you don't plan to take screenshots that quickly you can remove the " %N" from the above command.

You can save to any directory. Just replace "$HOME/Pictures/" with the full path (and a trailing slash!) of the directory where you want the screenshots saved.

[Flemur]

Is there any way to do it in xfce?

I use 'scrot'; with no params you get a .png image of the whole screen.

~/.fluxbox/keys (key 107=PrintScreen):

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        107 :Exec /usr/bin/scrot
Control 107 :Exec /usr/bin/xfce4-screenshooter

[Gekoncze]

Thanks for help It works!

[diacad]

Tried all suggested here, none of the above works for me. Explain a little more fully for us newbies.

[jimallyn]

It might be better if you start your own thread. It is usually suggested that if a thread is 6 months old, you should start your own, and not just add on to an old thread. In any case, more information will be needed for anyone to be able to help you, like which version of Mint are you using? 17.x? 18.x? And which desktop environment? XFCE? MATE? Cinnamon? KDE?