Is there an Ubuntu alternative for Windows snipping tool?

Question

Is there an Ubuntu alternative for the Windows snipping tool?

Answer 1

Yes, It is called screenshot. Please search for it in the dash!

Answer 2

There are multiple different screenshot tools you can use. On 22.04 there should be a default and interactive screenshot utility.

Press the following key on your keyboard (or launch "take a screenshot" from the Activities menu):

PRINT = launch the screenshot utility

From here, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts:

• S = Select area

• C = Capture screen

• W = Capture window

• P = Toggle between show and hide pointer

• V = Toggle between screenshot and screencast

• ENTER = Capture, also activated by Space or Ctrl+C

You can also use the following keyboard shortcuts any time without first launching the screenshot utility:

ALT+PRINT = screenshot the current window

SHIFT+PRINT = clip a selection of the screen similar to snippet

CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+R = start or stop a screen video recording or "screencast"

Or you can use an alternative screenshot tool. If you are using the default Ubuntu desktop, you would probably want to use gnome-screenshot and you can either install it through the software center or you can run the following commands to install this app:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install gnome-screenshot

Then, look for gnome screenshot in your dash and launch the app. It will give you options like if you want to take a selection from the screen which is more like snippet or if you want to simply take an entire screenshot.

Aside from Gnome Screenshot, another good option is Kazam.