Print screen key can no longer select a region to capture

11.10 screenshot

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Solution 1

One way to fix this is by installing compizconfig-settings-manager

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Then when you open the settings manager go to the "Gnome Compatibility": enter image description here

And the add he interactive "-i" switch to the print command: enter image description here

After that pressing PrintScreen should open the dialog you want.

Luciano

Solution 2

This is already built in. To take a region screenshot, just use SHIFT-Printscreen. It will then allow you to drag a square on the region you desire.

Solution 3

Really? Seems to work in Ubuntu 11.10.

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Solution 4

I'm not familiar with the default behavior of Print since I have allowed Shutter to override it, but if it's not working how you'd like it to it's simple enough to redefine it:

At System Settings ▸ Keyboard ▸ Shortcuts ▸ Custom Shortcuts, click the + button.
Enter any name you want and the following command, then click Apply:
```
gnome-screenshot --interactive
```
Click on the word Disabled, press Print, then click Reassign if prompted.

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Steven Sproat

Python/Java, Groovy/PHP coder. I work developing Grails applications that utilise RESTful web services in Java using Spring. In my spare programming time I develop an open source paint-type program, Whyteboard.

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Steven Sproat almost 2 years

After upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10, I've noticed that the "Take Screenshot" application used to be launched when I'd hit print screen. Now it automatically captures the entire screen. In 11.04 it would pop up the "take screenshot" application which allows me to capture a rectangular region of the screen.

Can this be reverted? I never want to capture the whole screen, only portions of it, which means manually cropping out that section in GIMP with this changed behaviour.

Cheers.
- Steven Sproat over 12 years
  
  ahh...looking at the launch options of the "screenshot" program in the application menu, it invokes "gnome-screenshot --interactive". If I just call "gnome-screenshot" from the command line then it captures the entire screen, just as it does with print screen key. Seems I need to change the command that's issued when hitting print screen
RusGraf over 12 years

gnome-screenshot is faster, easier to understand, has a lighter memory footprint, and comes pre-installed. It is arrogant of you, not to mention off-topic, to suggest with such conviction that the author's needs would be better met by a feature-rich screenshot tool.
Steven Sproat over 12 years

wow, that's great. However, it doesn't seem to have worked. I have disabled the two commands under the "screenshots" shortcut tree on the left...damn
Greg Treleaven over 12 years

Pressing print screen pops up a window where you choose where to save it to, no option for screen regions.
lpanebr over 12 years

I changed my answer so that it is now a real answer. Sorry if I offend someone. I am trying to help.
Steven Sproat over 12 years

Brilliant - this worked a charm. Thanks very much!
RusGraf over 12 years

@lpanebr Thanks, and awesome job. You have my vote.
kasperd over 8 years

This still works in 14.04