{"id":8051,"date":"2018-08-12T13:18:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T13:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8051"},"modified":"2018-08-12T13:18:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T13:18:29","slug":"printscreen-launch-shutter-area-selection-ubuntu-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/08\/printscreen-launch-shutter-area-selection-ubuntu-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Make &#8216;PrintScreen&#8217; Launch Shutter Area Selection in Ubuntu 18.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shutter-icon245.png\" alt=\"shutter screenshot\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7112\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For those who don&#8217;t use the default Gnome screenshot tool, here&#8217;s how to make the &#8216;PrintScreen&#8217; keyboard key take a screenshot via another (Shutter in this case) screen capturing tool.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Launch <b>System Settings<\/b> and navigate to <b>Devices -> keyboard<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> In right, scroll down and find out the line says &#8220;<i>Save a screenshot to Pictures<\/i>&#8220;. Click on it, and in pop-up dialog change the shortcut from <code>Print<\/code> to any other key.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/set-keyfor-gnomescreenshot.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/set-keyfor-gnomescreenshot-600x311.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"311\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/set-keyfor-gnomescreenshot-600x311.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/set-keyfor-gnomescreenshot-450x233.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/set-keyfor-gnomescreenshot-768x398.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/set-keyfor-gnomescreenshot.jpg 868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Scroll down and click <b>plus sign<\/b> to add a new shortcut, then:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>type a name for the new shortcut.<\/li>\n<li>type <code>shutter -s<\/code> as the shortcut function.<\/li>\n<li>set the shortcut key to PrintScreen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/add-custom-shortcut-shutter.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/add-custom-shortcut-shutter-600x416.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"416\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/add-custom-shortcut-shutter-600x416.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/add-custom-shortcut-shutter-450x312.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/add-custom-shortcut-shutter-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/add-custom-shortcut-shutter.jpg 862w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally click the <b>Add<\/b> button and done.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, you can add more shortcuts for shutter, e.g., <code>shutter -f<\/code> to take a screenshot of full-screen and <code>shutter -w<\/code> for window capturing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutter-shotcuts.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutter-shotcuts-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutter-shotcuts-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutter-shotcuts-450x299.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutter-shotcuts-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutter-shotcuts.jpg 913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who don&#8217;t use the default Gnome screenshot tool, here&#8217;s how to make the &#8216;PrintScreen&#8217; keyboard key take a screenshot via another (Shutter in this case) screen capturing tool. 1. Launch System Settings and navigate to Devices -> keyboard. 2. 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