How do I change the behavior of the PrntScrn-key such that it launches the Screenshot application?
The default behavior for the PrntScrn-key on my computer is to take a screen shot of the whole screen, but I'd like Screenshot Application to launch so I can choose which part of the screen to capture.
System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts
Choose Custom and click on the + sign.
You'll be requested to enter a command. Type this as a command: screenshot-tool.
Click on the Disabled string next to it.
Press your Print Screen button.
Reassign button.
The default screenshot tool of elementary OS offers the possibility to record only a portion of the screen or just the current running app. Have a look at the keyboard options in the system settings. There is a section just for screenshots with all possible hotkeys.
Follow @r3bl steps but use this command:
screenshot-tool --screen --clipboard
this will take a screenshot and save it to the clipboard too. These are all the options you can add:
--window Capture active window
--area Capture area
--screen Capture the whole screen
--delay Take screenshot after specified delay
--grab Include the pointer with the screenshot
--redact Redact system text
--clipboard Save screenshot to clipboard
In Juno, there's a shortcut section for screenshots. It includes several shortcut options. Shift + PrintScreen lets you select an area to grab:
(You can see from the screenshot I started with disabling the default shortcut, but I'm going to re-enable it, as the point in changing it was to get the functionality of the Shift + PrintScreen shortcut.)
Go to System settings --> Keyboard --> add custom shortcut of printscreen select screenshot app and done.
