[SOLVED] Shift+PrintScr?
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- LEGOlord208
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[SOLVED] Shift+PrintScr?
For some reason Shift+Print Screen doesn't work.
I can press Print Screen normally to get the whole screen, but pressing it with shift to take a selection doesn't do anything.
EDIT:
According to viewtopic.php?t=202909 you need the command to wait before taking.
I still see this as a bug though :/
EDIT AGAIN: Aaaand it doesn't seem to work for me
I can press Print Screen normally to get the whole screen, but pressing it with shift to take a selection doesn't do anything.
EDIT:
According to viewtopic.php?t=202909 you need the command to wait before taking.
I still see this as a bug though :/
EDIT AGAIN: Aaaand it doesn't seem to work for me
Last edited by LEGOlord208 on Sat Jan 07, 2017 6:05 am, edited 6 times in total.
Windows <- Worst
Mac <- Haven't tried, probably better TBH (it has bash!!)
Ubuntu <- Best
Linux Mint <- What do you call better than best?

Mac <- Haven't tried, probably better TBH (it has bash!!)
Ubuntu <- Best
Linux Mint <- What do you call better than best?

Re: Shift+PrintScr?
With normal printscreen don't you get a window in which you can make a new printscreen just the way you want it: rectangle, active window, whole screen, all of that delayed or not delayed?
Which DE are you using?
Which DE are you using?
- LEGOlord208
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Re: Shift+PrintScr?
I'm using Cinnamon.DeMus wrote:With normal printscreen don't you get a window in which you can make a new printscreen just the way you want it: rectangle, active window, whole screen, all of that delayed or not delayed?
Which DE are you using?
Windows <- Worst
Mac <- Haven't tried, probably better TBH (it has bash!!)
Ubuntu <- Best
Linux Mint <- What do you call better than best?

Mac <- Haven't tried, probably better TBH (it has bash!!)
Ubuntu <- Best
Linux Mint <- What do you call better than best?

Re: Shift+PrintScr?
I googled this a bit and found that there is a package called gnome-screenshot (https://community.linuxmint.com/idea/view/3314)
Does this work for you? I don't know Cinnamon.
Does this work for you? I don't know Cinnamon.
- LEGOlord208
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Re: Shift+PrintScr?
Thanks, I know about this =)DeMus wrote:I googled this a bit and found that there is a package called gnome-screenshot (https://community.linuxmint.com/idea/view/3314)
Does this work for you? I don't know Cinnamon.
But any built in or custom keyboard shortcut with Ctrl+PrintScr doesn't seem to trigger...
Windows <- Worst
Mac <- Haven't tried, probably better TBH (it has bash!!)
Ubuntu <- Best
Linux Mint <- What do you call better than best?

Mac <- Haven't tried, probably better TBH (it has bash!!)
Ubuntu <- Best
Linux Mint <- What do you call better than best?

Re: Shift+PrintScr?
The only way that I've found works OK is this:
Create the following script:
(replace "mate-screenshot" with whichever program cinnamon uses)
If you haven't done so already, create a
Create the following script:
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#!/bin/sh
sleep 1
exec /usr/bin/mate-screenshot $@
If you haven't done so already, create a
bin
folder in your /home for scripts (bash looks in that path for scripts anyway) and copy the script there. Save it as something meaningful... maybe area-screenshot
and make it executable. Then add a keyboard shortcut with area-screenshot -a
as the command.Chris
Manjaro MATE - MX Linux - LMDE MATE
Manjaro MATE - MX Linux - LMDE MATE
Re: Shift+PrintScr?
It works for me but I have to tap PrtSc VERY briefly, not press it. Have you tried that?LEGOlord208 wrote:For some reason Shift+Print Screen doesn't work.
I can press Print Screen normally to get the whole screen, but pressing it with shift to take a selection doesn't do anything.

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- LEGOlord208
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Re: Shift+PrintScr?
Thank you both! Setting up a script for it worked. Pressing it briefly - did not
EDIT:
If you also have this problem and you are like me - Don't like having scripts laying around...
Just do
I do wonder however... Why does this work?
EDIT:
If you also have this problem and you are like me - Don't like having scripts laying around...
Just do
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sh -c "sleep 0.1 && gnome-screenshot -a"
Windows <- Worst
Mac <- Haven't tried, probably better TBH (it has bash!!)
Ubuntu <- Best
Linux Mint <- What do you call better than best?

Mac <- Haven't tried, probably better TBH (it has bash!!)
Ubuntu <- Best
Linux Mint <- What do you call better than best?

Re: [SOLVED] Shift+PrintScr?
xfce4-screenshooter works (for me, at least) with no fiddling or additional scripts, and shows a GUI with time delay, select area/window, etc.
I have
PrintScr -> launch
Ctrl+PrintScr -> launch
I have
PrintScr -> launch
scrot
to save the whole screen.Ctrl+PrintScr -> launch
xfce4-screenshooter
and its GUI.Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] if/when it is solved!
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
- LEGOlord208
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Re: [SOLVED] Shift+PrintScr?
Well the most annoying thing is that there is a DEFAULT shortcut for Shift+PrntScr...Flemur wrote:xfce4-screenshooter works (for me, at least) with no fiddling or additional scripts, and shows a GUI with time delay, select area/window, etc.
I have
PrintScr -> launchscrot
to save the whole screen.
Ctrl+PrintScr -> launchxfce4-screenshooter
and its GUI.
So it shouldn't be necessary to either create a custom shortcut or use another application :/
So while there are temporary solutions it's yet a bug and should be fixed... I think
Windows <- Worst
Mac <- Haven't tried, probably better TBH (it has bash!!)
Ubuntu <- Best
Linux Mint <- What do you call better than best?

Mac <- Haven't tried, probably better TBH (it has bash!!)
Ubuntu <- Best
Linux Mint <- What do you call better than best?

Re: [SOLVED] Shift+PrintScr?
Well, I'm using fluxbox and define all that stuff myself (it's so much easier with fluxbox than with any other DE); I just mentioned my preferred setup.LEGOlord208 wrote:So it shouldn't be necessary to either create a custom shortcut or use another application :/
Last edited by Flemur on Sun Jan 08, 2017 11:46 am, edited 1 time in total.
Please edit your original post title to include [SOLVED] if/when it is solved!
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
Your data and OS are backed up....right?
Re: [SOLVED] Shift+PrintScr?
It isn't really. Shift+PrtSc works for me, ever since I found out how to tap it very briefly instead of pressing it. Since it's not working for you, I bet you are pressing it. Like I did in the beginning, too.LEGOlord208 wrote: Well the most annoying thing is that there is a DEFAULT shortcut for Shift+PrntScr...
So it shouldn't be necessary to either create a custom shortcut or use another application :/

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Re: [SOLVED] Shift+PrintScr?
Since it worked for you I tried...Moem wrote:It isn't really. Shift+PrtSc works for me, ever since I found out how to tap it very briefly instead of pressing it. Since it's not working for you, I bet you are pressing it. Like I did in the beginning, too.LEGOlord208 wrote: Well the most annoying thing is that there is a DEFAULT shortcut for Shift+PrntScr...
So it shouldn't be necessary to either create a custom shortcut or use another application :/
Again...
And suddenly..
I realized I was supposed to HOLD IT down... Not press it "briefely" (or normally for me).
Hold it for a few seconds...
How strange O_o
Windows <- Worst
Mac <- Haven't tried, probably better TBH (it has bash!!)
Ubuntu <- Best
Linux Mint <- What do you call better than best?

Mac <- Haven't tried, probably better TBH (it has bash!!)
Ubuntu <- Best
Linux Mint <- What do you call better than best?

Re: [SOLVED] Shift+PrintScr?
So it's working? Awesome! \o/LEGOlord208 wrote: Since it worked for you I tried...
Again...
And suddenly..
I realized I was supposed to HOLD IT down... Not press it "briefely" (or normally for me).
Hold it for a few seconds...
How strange O_o
Yeah, maybe I should have been clearer (or elaborated more). I hold the shift key and tap the printscreen key. And then the cursor changes into a crosshair and I can select a screen area.
Kudos to you, for not giving up!

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Re: [SOLVED] Shift+PrintScr?
Thanks! I'll give you some as well =)Moem wrote:So it's working? Awesome! \o/LEGOlord208 wrote: Since it worked for you I tried...
Again...
And suddenly..
I realized I was supposed to HOLD IT down... Not press it "briefely" (or normally for me).
Hold it for a few seconds...
How strange O_o
Yeah, maybe I should have been clearer (or elaborated more). I hold the shift key and tap the printscreen key. And then the cursor changes into a crosshair and I can select a screen area.
Kudos to you, for not giving up!
EDIT: Oh, I thought Kudos was like "Karma" on Reddit, but I can't find it, heh

I think I understood perfectly, and that is the strange part.
You said I should tap it quickly, right?
But to me it's the opposite! I have to press and hold it for a little time. Very weird!
Windows <- Worst
Mac <- Haven't tried, probably better TBH (it has bash!!)
Ubuntu <- Best
Linux Mint <- What do you call better than best?

Mac <- Haven't tried, probably better TBH (it has bash!!)
Ubuntu <- Best
Linux Mint <- What do you call better than best?
