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How do I launch gnome's print screen dialog without using the PrtScn key in recent versions of Gnome?

rated 0 times [ 1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 486 / 2 Years ago, thu, april 28, 2022, 8:02:08

I use a laptop from linovo where they replaced the Menu key with PrtScn. I restored the menu key through XKB - which fortunately still works with Wayland Gnome - but lost the dedicated print-screen key as a result. See this question for a picture of the problem.

To get around the lack of a PrtScn key, I used to run gnome-screenshot -i from the terminal. Unfortunately, this command was removed in whatever version of Gnome that shipped with Ubuntu 22.04. I tried guessing the command in Gnome's "Run a Command" dialog (i.e Alt+F2`) with little success.

How do access the screenshot functionality in modern versions of gnome without using the dedicated keyboard key?

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answered 2 Years ago assionortly · Accepted Answer

Next to the option you found yourself, there is another way. You can reassign the keybindings to take a screenshot in "Settings", "Keyboard", then "View and Customize shortcuts. You will find a "Screenshots" section there, where you can change the default keybindings to something else.

In Ubuntu 22.04, screenshots is not anymore a separate tool. It is a function integrated in the code of Gnome Shell itself (very much like Gnome Shell extensions also integrate into the Gnome Shell code).