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Loki - Media Keys, Shortcuts, Volume Keys broken
Just in case someone else stumbles upon this issue, I managed to address my media keys issue with elementaryos loki by using dconf-editor and xbindkeys.
First to identify your keys in terminal type ...
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Loki - Media Keys, Shortcuts, Volume Keys broken
Building on @Fratink's answer, I ran these commands to fix the issue. (For some reasons, the dconf-editor wasn't working for me.)
Volume down
gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-...
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Unable to Screenshot using keyboard shortcut on elementary OS 0.4 Loki
Actually this issue touches two different bugs in Loki:
Printscreen "PrtScn" button doesn't actually take a screenshot
Custom keyboard shortcuts not working, loki fresh install
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Unable to Screenshot using keyboard shortcut on elementary OS 0.4 Loki
This is a bug, you can check it out here https://bugs.launchpad.net/elementaryos/+bug/1622298
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Take screenshot with context menu open
You can use the Screenshot tool application, set a Delay of a few seconds so you will have the time to click with the mouse and the context menu to open for the moment the app grabs the screenshot.
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I wonder why I have always failed to add screenshot-tool ppa ? Please help
The screenshot-tool was moved to the elementary's Launchpad, so what you should execute if you want the latest version is:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo ...
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Black screenshots on elementary OS Freya x64 with AMD graphics drivers
First, press Ctrl + Alt + F2, then press Ctrl + Alt + F7 and then take a screenshot.
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Black screenshots on elementary OS Freya x64 with AMD graphics drivers
This is a typical problem for AMD proprietary drivers. For it can not affect anybody, except AMD. Only one way out - use default free driver.
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I wonder why I have always failed to add screenshot-tool ppa ? Please help
After a little research and with the help of my Ask Ubuntu friends,
It is clear that there is no PPA with that name.(at present)
The OP might have hidden/deleted the PPA.
After compile (by my AU ...
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Change the folder where screenshots are saved
I reuse the answer from here, with small changes
Via GUI
Install dconf-editor
From the command line, run the command sudo apt-get install dconf-editor
Or click here to install from the Ubuntu ...
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Change the folder where screenshots are saved
Here's how I managed to get screenshots (taken with the Print key) stored in the Downloads folder. Bit of a cheat but works. elementary OS 5.1 Hera.
$ cd ~/Pictures
$ rmdir Screenshots
$ ln -s ~/...
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Flameshot Screenshot App
To really launch Flameshot after successful installation:
Go to Applications menu > Graphics tab.
Locate Take Graphical Screenshot flameshot icon.
Right-click it and click Add to Dock menu item.
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Screenshot Quality
You can not tweak the quality of your screenshot, it only captures your screen or region (as is, the only quality adjustement you can use is the filetype used when you save your document).
If you ...
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screenshot is not saved to clipboard
I'm afraid we broke that in the last Gala release when we tried to remove a lag / freeze when making screenshots (See: PR).
We've solved the issue and it should be fixed with the next release of Gala. ...
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Screenshot tool messed up system wide fonts
Just disable the option where it says Conceal Text (mine is in Spanish and says Ofuscar Texto)
Conceal Text ON
Conceal Text OFF
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Screenshot tool messed up system wide fonts
There is a feature that obscures the onscreen text for screenshots by switching the font, taking the screenshot, and then switching the font back.
The font obviously hasn't been switched back in this ...
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Screenshot of an Area Keyboard Shortcut
Go to your Terminal and with the command screenshot-tool --help you can see all the available options.
Then you can define your personal Keyboard-Shortcut in Switchboard > Keyboard > Custom ...
I do ...
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Screenshot app with option to take shots with specified pixel dimensions
Maybe you will like these options.
Resizer - Quickly resize images from the context menu
A simple image resizer that resizes one or more images, usable from the context menu or as a standalone app.
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Screenshot app with option to take shots with specified pixel dimensions
Use custom screenshot tool such as Shutter. If you look in the preferences - You can predefine multiple settings like resolution and compression ratio.
Here is how you can install it.
Add repository ...
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Loki - Media Keys, Shortcuts, Volume Keys broken
Instead of using xbind keys as @GZgidnick suggested, you can also use "AudioRaiseVolume" in dconf-editor instead of the value from xbindkeys as @GZgidnick explains above. Others are:
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Change the folder where screenshots are saved
Please not that with the next release of Gala screenshots will be stored in a ~/Pictures/Screenshots/ folder.
Gala is elementary OS's window manager and the thing that's responsible for taking ...
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How to take screenshots at shutdown?
You wont be able to take an actual screenshot, although if the error occurs early enough in the shutdown process (before the logger service is stopped and the hdd's have been unmounted) it should be ...
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Screen Recorder for Freya
You may also use Vokoscreen (screenshots included on GitHub page).
Install from software center
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I wonder why I have always failed to add screenshot-tool ppa ? Please help
This could be coused by a lot of things.
Your firewall might be blocking it (not really likely)
You might have no internet connection
The repository might be deleted or renamed (or it might just not ...
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Screenshot utility does not work
This community is the wrong place for reporting issues, sorry. If you want to report an issue with the developers, you can do that as described in How can I report an issue with elementary OS to the ...
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How to launch Screenshot by typing the PrintScreen key?
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 ...
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How to launch Screenshot by typing the PrintScreen key?
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 ...
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How can I take a screenshot of a window without the background?
Screencloud and screenshots-tools is equally as good. Picture with a smooth-shadow-border will be obtained perfectly.
Here for example, the first images obtained with Screencloud
and a second image ...
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