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I want to make it so that when I press the print screen key on my keyboard, it actually includes the cursor. I know that it is calling gnome-screenshot, but I can't find any way to change the arguments it is using with it. If anyone knows about this, it would be greatly appreciated.
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I want to make it so that when I press the print screen key on my keyboard, it actually includes the cursor. I know that it is calling gnome-screenshot, but I can't find any way to change the arguments it is using with it. If anyone knows about this, it would be greatly appreciated.
19.04 screenshot gnome-screenshot
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Not directly answering your question, but other, more advanced screenshot tools likeshutterhave an option to include the cursor or not, and can also do things like delayed screenshots (useful for context menus etc. that would go away when you press a key) or directly edit the resulting image.
– Byte Commander♦
May 25 at 14:42
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@ByteCommandergnome-screenshotalso provides delay option.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 25 at 14:58
@ByteCommander packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=shutter doesn't show shutter for 19.04.
– DK Bose
May 26 at 12:33
Oh, I was not aware of that, thanks @DKBose . Looks like it got removed from the repos starting in 18.10 due to outdated dependencies. I hope it will get updated and ported to newer libraries at some point, I really like that tool.
– Byte Commander♦
May 26 at 12:40
And the author of the link you provided has a ppa: launchpad.net/~linuxuprising/+archive/ubuntu/shutter. For simple annotating of images I use the ksnip appimage: askubuntu.com/a/1128568/248158
– DK Bose
May 26 at 12:55
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I want to make it so that when I press the print screen key on my keyboard, it actually includes the cursor. I know that it is calling gnome-screenshot, but I can't find any way to change the arguments it is using with it. If anyone knows about this, it would be greatly appreciated.
19.04 screenshot gnome-screenshot
edited May 27 at 12:03
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I want to make it so that when I press the print screen key on my keyboard, it actually includes the cursor. I know that it is calling gnome-screenshot, but I can't find any way to change the arguments it is using with it. If anyone knows about this, it would be greatly appreciated.
19.04 screenshot gnome-screenshot
19.04 screenshot gnome-screenshot
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Not directly answering your question, but other, more advanced screenshot tools likeshutterhave an option to include the cursor or not, and can also do things like delayed screenshots (useful for context menus etc. that would go away when you press a key) or directly edit the resulting image.
– Byte Commander♦
May 25 at 14:42
1
@ByteCommandergnome-screenshotalso provides delay option.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 25 at 14:58
@ByteCommander packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=shutter doesn't show shutter for 19.04.
– DK Bose
May 26 at 12:33
Oh, I was not aware of that, thanks @DKBose . Looks like it got removed from the repos starting in 18.10 due to outdated dependencies. I hope it will get updated and ported to newer libraries at some point, I really like that tool.
– Byte Commander♦
May 26 at 12:40
And the author of the link you provided has a ppa: launchpad.net/~linuxuprising/+archive/ubuntu/shutter. For simple annotating of images I use the ksnip appimage: askubuntu.com/a/1128568/248158
– DK Bose
May 26 at 12:55
add a comment |
Not directly answering your question, but other, more advanced screenshot tools likeshutterhave an option to include the cursor or not, and can also do things like delayed screenshots (useful for context menus etc. that would go away when you press a key) or directly edit the resulting image.
– Byte Commander♦
May 25 at 14:42
1
@ByteCommandergnome-screenshotalso provides delay option.
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 25 at 14:58
@ByteCommander packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=shutter doesn't show shutter for 19.04.
– DK Bose
May 26 at 12:33
Oh, I was not aware of that, thanks @DKBose . Looks like it got removed from the repos starting in 18.10 due to outdated dependencies. I hope it will get updated and ported to newer libraries at some point, I really like that tool.
– Byte Commander♦
May 26 at 12:40
And the author of the link you provided has a ppa: launchpad.net/~linuxuprising/+archive/ubuntu/shutter. For simple annotating of images I use the ksnip appimage: askubuntu.com/a/1128568/248158
– DK Bose
May 26 at 12:55
Not directly answering your question, but other, more advanced screenshot tools like
shutter have an option to include the cursor or not, and can also do things like delayed screenshots (useful for context menus etc. that would go away when you press a key) or directly edit the resulting image.– Byte Commander♦
May 25 at 14:42
Not directly answering your question, but other, more advanced screenshot tools like
shutter have an option to include the cursor or not, and can also do things like delayed screenshots (useful for context menus etc. that would go away when you press a key) or directly edit the resulting image.– Byte Commander♦
May 25 at 14:42
1
1
@ByteCommander
gnome-screenshot also provides delay option.– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 25 at 14:58
@ByteCommander
gnome-screenshot also provides delay option.– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 25 at 14:58
@ByteCommander packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=shutter doesn't show shutter for 19.04.
– DK Bose
May 26 at 12:33
@ByteCommander packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=shutter doesn't show shutter for 19.04.
– DK Bose
May 26 at 12:33
Oh, I was not aware of that, thanks @DKBose . Looks like it got removed from the repos starting in 18.10 due to outdated dependencies. I hope it will get updated and ported to newer libraries at some point, I really like that tool.
– Byte Commander♦
May 26 at 12:40
Oh, I was not aware of that, thanks @DKBose . Looks like it got removed from the repos starting in 18.10 due to outdated dependencies. I hope it will get updated and ported to newer libraries at some point, I really like that tool.
– Byte Commander♦
May 26 at 12:40
And the author of the link you provided has a ppa: launchpad.net/~linuxuprising/+archive/ubuntu/shutter. For simple annotating of images I use the ksnip appimage: askubuntu.com/a/1128568/248158
– DK Bose
May 26 at 12:55
And the author of the link you provided has a ppa: launchpad.net/~linuxuprising/+archive/ubuntu/shutter. For simple annotating of images I use the ksnip appimage: askubuntu.com/a/1128568/248158
– DK Bose
May 26 at 12:55
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You can do this with dconf-editor but with command line as well. Here are the gsettings effecting gnome-screenshot:
Use this command to check current settings:
gsettings get org.gnome.gnome-screenshot include-pointer
false
Use this command to turn on the option:
gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-screenshot include-pointer true
Use the same technique for the other gnome-screenshot settings.
Note you can get a list of all settings with gsettings list-recursively. For the screenshot above I used the technique in this answer:
- Bash one-liner to display ALL `gsettings` in GUI dialog window
And the one-liner code (works with yad only) is:
gsettings list-recursively | sed 's/ */n/;s/ */n/;s/&/&/g' | yad --list --title "gsettings" --item-seperator='n' --width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600 --column=Group --column=Key --column=Setting --no-markup
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man gnome-screenshot tells us that
-p, --include-pointer
Include the pointer with the screenshot.
So you'll need to set up a new keyboard shortcut that incorporates -p:
Note that gnome-screenshot has a variety of options described in man gnome-screenshot to
- capture the active window
- capture the whole screen
- capture a selected area
- take a delayed screenshot
You can make your own shortcuts for each of these activities.
answered May 25 at 14:42
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But how would the OP make it so that the PrintScreen key behaviour is modified to include this argument?
– Byte Commander♦
May 25 at 14:44
Yes, I'm adding that now.
– DK Bose
May 25 at 14:49
Thanks for the help, the way I am going to do it is adding new shortcuts from the+button at the bottom of the keyboard menu in settings.
– redstoneguy12
May 25 at 15:01
@redstoneguy12 actually askubuntu.com/a/1146146/248158 is really elegant!
– DK Bose
May 25 at 15:14
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You can do this with dconf-editor but with command line as well. Here are the gsettings effecting gnome-screenshot:
Use this command to check current settings:
gsettings get org.gnome.gnome-screenshot include-pointer
false
Use this command to turn on the option:
gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-screenshot include-pointer true
Use the same technique for the other gnome-screenshot settings.
Note you can get a list of all settings with gsettings list-recursively. For the screenshot above I used the technique in this answer:
- Bash one-liner to display ALL `gsettings` in GUI dialog window
And the one-liner code (works with yad only) is:
gsettings list-recursively | sed 's/ */n/;s/ */n/;s/&/&/g' | yad --list --title "gsettings" --item-seperator='n' --width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600 --column=Group --column=Key --column=Setting --no-markup
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You can do this with dconf-editor but with command line as well. Here are the gsettings effecting gnome-screenshot:
Use this command to check current settings:
gsettings get org.gnome.gnome-screenshot include-pointer
false
Use this command to turn on the option:
gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-screenshot include-pointer true
Use the same technique for the other gnome-screenshot settings.
Note you can get a list of all settings with gsettings list-recursively. For the screenshot above I used the technique in this answer:
- Bash one-liner to display ALL `gsettings` in GUI dialog window
And the one-liner code (works with yad only) is:
gsettings list-recursively | sed 's/ */n/;s/ */n/;s/&/&/g' | yad --list --title "gsettings" --item-seperator='n' --width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600 --column=Group --column=Key --column=Setting --no-markup
answered May 25 at 14:56
WinEunuuchs2UnixWinEunuuchs2Unix
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You can do this with dconf-editor but with command line as well. Here are the gsettings effecting gnome-screenshot:
Use this command to check current settings:
gsettings get org.gnome.gnome-screenshot include-pointer
false
Use this command to turn on the option:
gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-screenshot include-pointer true
Use the same technique for the other gnome-screenshot settings.
Note you can get a list of all settings with gsettings list-recursively. For the screenshot above I used the technique in this answer:
- Bash one-liner to display ALL `gsettings` in GUI dialog window
And the one-liner code (works with yad only) is:
gsettings list-recursively | sed 's/ */n/;s/ */n/;s/&/&/g' | yad --list --title "gsettings" --item-seperator='n' --width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600 --column=Group --column=Key --column=Setting --no-markup
answered May 25 at 14:56
WinEunuuchs2UnixWinEunuuchs2Unix
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You can do this with dconf-editor but with command line as well. Here are the gsettings effecting gnome-screenshot:
Use this command to check current settings:
gsettings get org.gnome.gnome-screenshot include-pointer
false
Use this command to turn on the option:
gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-screenshot include-pointer true
Use the same technique for the other gnome-screenshot settings.
Note you can get a list of all settings with gsettings list-recursively. For the screenshot above I used the technique in this answer:
- Bash one-liner to display ALL `gsettings` in GUI dialog window
And the one-liner code (works with yad only) is:
gsettings list-recursively | sed 's/ */n/;s/ */n/;s/&/&/g' | yad --list --title "gsettings" --item-seperator='n' --width=1800 --height=800 --wrap-width=600 --column=Group --column=Key --column=Setting --no-markup
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man gnome-screenshot tells us that
-p, --include-pointer
Include the pointer with the screenshot.
So you'll need to set up a new keyboard shortcut that incorporates -p:
Note that gnome-screenshot has a variety of options described in man gnome-screenshot to
- capture the active window
- capture the whole screen
- capture a selected area
- take a delayed screenshot
You can make your own shortcuts for each of these activities.
answered May 25 at 14:42
DK BoseDK Bose
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But how would the OP make it so that the PrintScreen key behaviour is modified to include this argument?
– Byte Commander♦
May 25 at 14:44
Yes, I'm adding that now.
– DK Bose
May 25 at 14:49
Thanks for the help, the way I am going to do it is adding new shortcuts from the+button at the bottom of the keyboard menu in settings.
– redstoneguy12
May 25 at 15:01
@redstoneguy12 actually askubuntu.com/a/1146146/248158 is really elegant!
– DK Bose
May 25 at 15:14
add a comment |
man gnome-screenshot tells us that
-p, --include-pointer
Include the pointer with the screenshot.
So you'll need to set up a new keyboard shortcut that incorporates -p:
Note that gnome-screenshot has a variety of options described in man gnome-screenshot to
- capture the active window
- capture the whole screen
- capture a selected area
- take a delayed screenshot
You can make your own shortcuts for each of these activities.
answered May 25 at 14:42
DK BoseDK Bose
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But how would the OP make it so that the PrintScreen key behaviour is modified to include this argument?
– Byte Commander♦
May 25 at 14:44
Yes, I'm adding that now.
– DK Bose
May 25 at 14:49
Thanks for the help, the way I am going to do it is adding new shortcuts from the+button at the bottom of the keyboard menu in settings.
– redstoneguy12
May 25 at 15:01
@redstoneguy12 actually askubuntu.com/a/1146146/248158 is really elegant!
– DK Bose
May 25 at 15:14
add a comment |
man gnome-screenshot tells us that
-p, --include-pointer
Include the pointer with the screenshot.
So you'll need to set up a new keyboard shortcut that incorporates -p:
Note that gnome-screenshot has a variety of options described in man gnome-screenshot to
- capture the active window
- capture the whole screen
- capture a selected area
- take a delayed screenshot
You can make your own shortcuts for each of these activities.
answered May 25 at 14:42
DK BoseDK Bose
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man gnome-screenshot tells us that
-p, --include-pointer
Include the pointer with the screenshot.
So you'll need to set up a new keyboard shortcut that incorporates -p:
Note that gnome-screenshot has a variety of options described in man gnome-screenshot to
- capture the active window
- capture the whole screen
- capture a selected area
- take a delayed screenshot
You can make your own shortcuts for each of these activities.
answered May 25 at 14:42
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But how would the OP make it so that the PrintScreen key behaviour is modified to include this argument?
– Byte Commander♦
May 25 at 14:44
Yes, I'm adding that now.
– DK Bose
May 25 at 14:49
Thanks for the help, the way I am going to do it is adding new shortcuts from the+button at the bottom of the keyboard menu in settings.
– redstoneguy12
May 25 at 15:01
@redstoneguy12 actually askubuntu.com/a/1146146/248158 is really elegant!
– DK Bose
May 25 at 15:14
add a comment |
4
But how would the OP make it so that the PrintScreen key behaviour is modified to include this argument?
– Byte Commander♦
May 25 at 14:44
Yes, I'm adding that now.
– DK Bose
May 25 at 14:49
Thanks for the help, the way I am going to do it is adding new shortcuts from the+button at the bottom of the keyboard menu in settings.
– redstoneguy12
May 25 at 15:01
@redstoneguy12 actually askubuntu.com/a/1146146/248158 is really elegant!
– DK Bose
May 25 at 15:14
4
4
But how would the OP make it so that the PrintScreen key behaviour is modified to include this argument?
– Byte Commander♦
May 25 at 14:44
But how would the OP make it so that the PrintScreen key behaviour is modified to include this argument?
– Byte Commander♦
May 25 at 14:44
Yes, I'm adding that now.
– DK Bose
May 25 at 14:49
Yes, I'm adding that now.
– DK Bose
May 25 at 14:49
Thanks for the help, the way I am going to do it is adding new shortcuts from the
+ button at the bottom of the keyboard menu in settings.– redstoneguy12
May 25 at 15:01
Thanks for the help, the way I am going to do it is adding new shortcuts from the
+ button at the bottom of the keyboard menu in settings.– redstoneguy12
May 25 at 15:01
@redstoneguy12 actually askubuntu.com/a/1146146/248158 is really elegant!
– DK Bose
May 25 at 15:14
@redstoneguy12 actually askubuntu.com/a/1146146/248158 is really elegant!
– DK Bose
May 25 at 15:14
add a comment |
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Not directly answering your question, but other, more advanced screenshot tools like
shutterhave an option to include the cursor or not, and can also do things like delayed screenshots (useful for context menus etc. that would go away when you press a key) or directly edit the resulting image.– Byte Commander♦
May 25 at 14:42
1
@ByteCommander
gnome-screenshotalso provides delay option.– WinEunuuchs2Unix
May 25 at 14:58
@ByteCommander packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=shutter doesn't show shutter for 19.04.
– DK Bose
May 26 at 12:33
Oh, I was not aware of that, thanks @DKBose . Looks like it got removed from the repos starting in 18.10 due to outdated dependencies. I hope it will get updated and ported to newer libraries at some point, I really like that tool.
– Byte Commander♦
May 26 at 12:40
And the author of the link you provided has a ppa: launchpad.net/~linuxuprising/+archive/ubuntu/shutter. For simple annotating of images I use the ksnip appimage: askubuntu.com/a/1128568/248158
– DK Bose
May 26 at 12:55