How can I include the cursor in the screenshots created when PrtScr is pressed?

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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 arguments it is using with it. If anyone knows about this, it would be greatly appreciated.

Not directly answering your question, but other, more advanced screenshot tools like shutter have an option to include the cursor or not, and can also do things like delayed screenshots (useful for context menus etc. that would go away when you press a key) or directly edit the resulting image. — Byte Commander, May 25 '19 at 14:42
@ByteCommander gnome-screenshot also provides delay option. — WinEunuuchs2Unix, May 25 '19 at 14:58
@ByteCommander https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=shutter doesn't show shutter for 19.04. — DK Bose, May 26 '19 at 12:33
Oh, I was not aware of that, thanks @DKBose . Looks like it got removed from the repos starting in 18.10 due to outdated dependencies. I hope it will get updated and ported to newer libraries at some point, I really like that tool. — Byte Commander, May 26 '19 at 12:40
And the author of the link you provided has a ppa: https://launchpad.net/~linuxuprising/+archive/ubuntu/shutter. For simple annotating of images I use the ksnip appimage: https://askubuntu.com/a/1128568/248158 — DK Bose, May 26 '19 at 12:55

WinEunuuchs2Unix · Answer 1 · 2019-05-31T22:29:54.253

You can do this with dconf-editor but with command line as well. Here are the gsettings effecting gnome-screenshot:

Use this command to check current settings:

gsettings get org.gnome.gnome-screenshot include-pointer
false

Use this command to turn on the option:

gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-screenshot include-pointer true

Use the same technique for the other gnome-screenshot settings.

Note you can get a list of all settings with gsettings list-recursively. For the screenshot above I used the technique in this answer:

Bash one-liner to display ALL `gsettings` in GUI dialog window

And the one-liner code (works with yad only) is:

gsettings list-recursively | sed 's/  */\n/;s/  */\n/;s/\&/\&amp;/g' | yad --list --title "gsettings" --item-seperator='\n' --width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600 --column=Group --column=Key --column=Setting --no-markup

DK Bose · Answer 2 · 2019-05-25T14:56:15.837

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man gnome-screenshot tells us that

  -p, --include-pointer
          Include the pointer with the screenshot.

So you'll need to set up a new keyboard shortcut that incorporates -p:

Note that gnome-screenshot has a variety of options described in man gnome-screenshot to

capture the active window
capture the whole screen
capture a selected area
take a delayed screenshot

You can make your own shortcuts for each of these activities.

edited May 25 '19 at 14:56

answered May 25 '19 at 14:42

DK Bose

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But how would the OP make it so that the PrintScreen key behaviour is modified to include this argument? – Byte Commander May 25 '19 at 14:44
Yes, I'm adding that now. – DK Bose May 25 '19 at 14:49
Thanks for the help, the way I am going to do it is adding new shortcuts from the + button at the bottom of the keyboard menu in settings. – ReveredOxygen May 25 '19 at 15:01
@redstoneguy12 actually https://askubuntu.com/a/1146146/248158 is really elegant! – DK Bose May 25 '19 at 15:14

How can I include the cursor in the screenshots created when PrtScr is pressed?

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