I use MATE as desktop viewer. How can I add a shortcut for taking a screenshot of a part of the windows and copy it to the clipboard? Basically what with gnome the command control-shift-stamp.
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There are a set of keyboard shortcuts in Ubuntu specifically for screenshots.
Go to System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Screenshots. In my case it is Ctrl+Shift+Print_Screen
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4Could you provide a screenshot of this? (Or a little more detail?) Mar 17, 2015 at 15:29
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Just open settings, and into keyboard you find something like this: i.stack.imgur.com/z1xXQ.png Jun 7, 2016 at 14:09
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2"Copy a screenshot of an area to clipboard" has changed my life! My old workflow was to crop with GIMP. This is much better. Mar 22, 2018 at 14:06
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I found out the solution.
First, open the shortcut dialog window and press add
to add a new shortcut. Then paste this code:
gnome-screenshot -a -c
For other useful gnome-screenshot command, from the terminal: gnome-screenshot --help
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1It would be good for other readers, if you accept your own answer (see Can I answer my own question?). Mar 17, 2015 at 18:23
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1You have to do this manually starting in Gnome 41+ - what I'm finding is that occasionally my shortcut just stops working... but perhaps that's another issue to figure out.– Jmoney38Jul 7, 2022 at 19:38
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1-c doesn't do anything in Ubuntu 22.04 it seems. the image is not copied to the clipboard– HilikusMay 11, 2023 at 1:03
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In case you are trying to attach this command to a keyboard shortcut and find that it does not work, you can try using this instead
gnome-screenshot -acf /tmp/test
.– ofekpJan 29 at 11:39
It looks like they've recently removed this in the newest versions on GNOME, but you can reinstate it by combining some of the existing answers here, specifically:
Go to Settings > Keyboard > View and Customize Shortcuts > Custom Shortcuts.
Click the + and create a new shortcut with:
Commandgnome-screenshot -acf /tmp/gnome-screenshot-area
Shortcut Shift + Ctrl + Print
Note: saving the screenshot to file is intentional (thanks @grabantot).
Another note: I switched back to Wayland, which seems to have broken this method.
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1The screenshot doesn't appear in the clipboard. I believe this is due to some issue with gnome that it doesn't preserve the values in clipboard after the application that added the value exits or something like that. Had a similar issue with using xclip in scripts. Jul 4, 2022 at 13:01
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If you're having this issue after upgrading to Ubuntu 22, use this solution and change your window management to "Ubuntu Xorg". The way to do this is simple: logout as your user, then in the bottom right corner of the login screen click on settings and select "Ubuntu on Xorg".– waykikiDec 20, 2022 at 11:44
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I had some issues with getting the custom selection to copy to clipboard. What worked for me is: gnome-screenshot --area -c