I've just upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 from 18.04. Gnome screenshot command does not work anymore. The command does not copy the screenshot to the clipboard.
gnome-screenshot -a -c
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2same problem with my 20.04 not with ctrl+prtsc and not with gnome-screenshot -a -c – tibi Jun 05 '20 at 11:29
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I am finding it sometimes works. No idea why. Sometimes when I shift + printscreen THEN ctrl click it works. – mathtick Dec 30 '20 at 18:40
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After months of banging my head and fingers, it is like so:
Main behavior:
Prtscn => Saves Full screen to folder [default ~/Pictures]
Modifiers
- +Ctrl => Saves to clipboard
- +Alt => Saves current window
- +Shift => Draws area to save
And all combinations. [except alt + shift which behaves like alt alone]
For Example:
Ctrl + Shift + Prtscn will let you select area and save it to clipboard
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I found a workaround in https://askubuntu.com/a/1212806/1074472
gnome-screenshot -acf /tmp/test && cat /tmp/test | xclip -i -selection clipboard -target image/png
You need to have xclip installed.
Fatih Baltacı
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Please add a warning that this leaks data through the
/tmpfolder.On Ubuntu 20.04 with Gnome,
– user334639 Nov 18 '20 at 15:10gnome-screenshot -acf /tmp/tmp.pngis enough. -
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If you modify this to save to
Pictures/latest_screenshot.pnginstead of the temp directory, it turns the "information leak" into an intentional feature where it saves to a file AND the clipboard. – Craig Gidney Jun 12 '22 at 19:02
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I think the issue has been there for a while. It is probably due to a bug in recent versions of gnome-setting-daemon, which clears data in clipboard when the app is closed. Thus, when the command gnome-screenshot -a -c runs and finishes, the screenshot is saved to clipboard and then cleared. That is the best guess for now.
For more information and updates, please refer to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-screenshot/-/issues/66
Zexiang Liu
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That site gitlab gnome will not even allow logins to post. Totally broken now. – mathtick Dec 30 '20 at 18:46
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This is exactly the issue I'm running into using gnome-screenshot in i3. Verified by using the "Copy to Clipboard" functionality from gnome-screenshot -a , hitting the "Copy to Clipboard" button and testing it in GIMP (worked), then closing the process and seeing that my clipboard was empty by trying to paste it again in GIMP. – abelito May 22 '21 at 14:10
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My solution (Ubuntu 20.04.1) was to use only the first part of Faith Baltaci's answer:
gnome-screenshot -acf /tmp/test && cat /tmp/test
BarefootDev
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Why not try Ctrl + Alt + PrintScreen. This copies the image into the clipboard instead of saving it in Pictures.
Mallik Kumar
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Ctrl + Shift + PrintScreenIf you'd like to select a certain area of your screen and put it in clipboard. – abdulmanov.ilmir Nov 16 '20 at 15:12 -
are WE , the users , waiting for "act of congress" to get this WHERE is used to be - working ! ( Are "Inmates (still ) running the asylum ?" AKA HOW did the WORKING macro got changed? – Feb 11 '21 at 17:47
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On my Ubuntu 22.04, the Ctrl Shift + Prt Scr shortcut does not work if the Screenshot program is closed. This seems to be a bug, which didn't happen on my last Ubuntu 22.04 machine.
My solution was to start the Screenshot program (gnome-screenshot) on startup, by adding this command as a startup application:
gnome-screenshot --interactive
I leave the application running in the background and I can now use the shortcut again, for quick and easy screenshots to clipboard.
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Ubuntu 22.04
shift + ctrl + alt + r opens Record a screencast interactiveley
go to Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard shortcuts > Screenshots
Amin
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The question asks about how to copy screenshot to the clipboard. This answer says a different thing. – Puspam Apr 08 '23 at 19:32
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