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sabret00the
Asked: 2018-03-11 12:21:07 +0800 CST

Why doesn't the keyboard screenshot button work on Ubuntu with GNOME shell?

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It works on Ubuntu 17.04 with Unity, however neither via upgrade or a fresh install, does the screenshot keyboard button work on Ubuntu 17.10 with GNOME shell.

Can anyone tell me why or how to fix it?

shortcut-keys gnome-shell screenshot gnome-screenshot print-screen

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The PrtScr/Print key still works – but now (U17.10) has different actions bound to it. Go to

    Settings → Devices → Keyboard

    and scroll down to Screenshots. It shows

    enter image description here

    If that's sufficient for you and you can remember these keystrokes, then you are done. Else refer to @pomsky's answer and set up a shortcut to launch gnome-screenshot --interactive instead.

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  2. Now once you press PrintScreen, gnome-screenshot captures a screenshot and saves it in ~/Pictures/ without asking the user.

    You may set a custom keyboard shortcut to launch gnome-screenshot in interactive mode, i.e. when the following window appears providing the user some choices:

    enter image description here

    and the options to save or discard the screenshot, chose location to save etc. after capturing.

    To set the custom shortcut follow the steps from this answer.

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