How can I include the cursor in the screenshots created when PrtScr is pressed?

Question

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.

Answer 1

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.

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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

Answer 2

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.