tool used by Gnome and Unity Desktop Environment to take screenshots
Questions tagged [gnome-screenshot]
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Why doesn't the PrintScreen dialog show up in Gnome?
I'm using gnome-shell on Ubuntu 12.04. When I hit PrtSc to take a screenshot, it works, but it automatically saves the screenshot in my Pictures folder. There's no dialogue asking where to save. It does show the dialogue box under unity though.
Ruben
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How to make gnome-screenshot select area to grab after a specified delay
When I need to take a screenshot using gnome-screenshot, it is disabling the delay when I use "Select area to grab".
Is there any way to fix this defect? Is it a defect or is it by design, and if so, why?
bgoodr
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Why isn't the screenshot working?
When taking a screenshot, there is a gray image displayed.
Before upgrading to Ubuntu 13.04 the screenshot was working properly, however, after the upgrading process the screenshot wont work no more. I tried to verify which package was the problem…
Hans
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Using shift + print screen only does a full pag screenshot not sure how to fix it
So I'm trying to use shift + print screen to take a partial screenshot of a page but it only does a full page shot. I didn't have this issue before and i am not sure how to remedy the situation. i used the command gnome-screenshot -a but the problem…
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23.04 - screen recording disappeared
The option to record desktop disappeared - it was there, and worked fine before.
user105939
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How to disable/remove default Ubuntu 22.04 screenshot tool
I want to get rid of this tool because I have an alternative for making screenshots and default tool intercepts Ctrl+Shift+A which I use in my IDE.
Similar question but the answers don't fit my needs
Ubuntu 22.04 uninstall remove build-in screenshot…
IC_
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Gnome screenshot in Ubuntu 20 v Ubuntu 16
I have upgraded to Ubuntu 20 from 16 and the screenshot action has changed. In Ubuntu 16 (and previous versions) when Print Screen was pressed a small display with a highlighted default name showing date, time etc appeared and it was easy to enter a…
user1246411
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gnome-screenshot command --display option doesn't work
I have multiple monitors and would like to take snapshot on only one of them, but the gnome-screenshot --display=Monitor_ID doesn't work.
Here is output of xrandr --query
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3840 x 1024, maximum 32767 x 32767
DP-0…
Totec Rayirc
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Gnome-screenshot. How to return old behavior?
I have Ubuntu 18.04 now and gnome-screenshot 3.25.0
Earlier I had Ubuntu 16.04
In 16.04 after pressing print screen a window appeared with two buttons Copy to clipboard and Save as. Now it saves screenshot automatically into ~/Pictures. It is sooo…
IC_
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Buggy screenshot file name
I using Ubuntu 14.04 with Turkish language. My problem is screenshot file-naming.
When I press PrtSc, screenshot's file name buggy.
File name is supposed to be like this:
Ekran görüntüsü 2014-07-17 15:11:40.png
That's what happens:
2014-07-17…
ErkanMDR
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