gnome-screenshot copy to clipboard shortcut

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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.

score 70 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 22 '18 at 16:52

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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

edited Mar 22 '18 at 16:52

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answered Mar 17 '15 at 15:10

Soldeplata Saketos Candela

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Could you provide a screenshot of this? (Or a little more detail?) – RolandiXor Mar 17 '15 at 15:29
Just open settings, and into keyboard you find something like this: https://i.sstatic.net/z1xXQ.png – Soldeplata Saketos Candela Jun 07 '16 at 14:09
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"Copy a screenshot of an area to clipboard" has changed my life! My old workflow was to crop with GIMP. This is much better. – LondonRob Mar 22 '18 at 14:06
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outdated answer – marcdahan Apr 12 '21 at 04:14

score 28 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 10 '13 at 07:41

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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

answered Sep 10 '13 at 07:41

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It would be good for other readers, if you accept your own answer (see Can I answer my own question?). – David Foerster Mar 17 '15 at 18:23
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You 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. – Jmoney38 Jul 07 '22 at 19:38
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-c doesn't do anything in Ubuntu 22.04 it seems. the image is not copied to the clipboard – Hilikus May 11 '23 at 01:03
@Hilikus нужно установить xclip (sudo apt install xclip) – dima.rus Jun 08 '23 at 19:19
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. – ofekp Jan 29 '24 at 11:39

score 14 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 15 '18 at 06:08

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For Gnome, copying portion of the screen to clipboard is Ctrl+Shift+PrtScrn.

answered Feb 15 '18 at 06:08

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c24w · Answer 4 · 2022-08-23T13:29:34.010

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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:
Command gnome-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.

edited Aug 23 '22 at 13:29

answered Apr 12 '22 at 18:01

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The 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. – grabantot Jul 04 '22 at 13:01
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Found the solution here https://askubuntu.com/a/1212806/626636 – grabantot Jul 07 '22 at 20:58
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". – waykiki Dec 20 '22 at 11:44
@waykiki yes, the important part is using Xorg, rather than Wayland. – c24w Dec 21 '22 at 12:05

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 25 '22 at 16:50

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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

answered Apr 25 '22 at 16:50

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 22 '24 at 14:50

I think Gnome has removed this copy to clipboard feature is the newest version. So you can try the following method.

Install gnome-screenshot by this command:

sudo apt install gnome-screenshot
Now go to Settings > Keyboard > View and Customize Shortcuts > Custom Shortcuts > Click the + sign and create a now shortcut. Give the shortcut name as you want and the command should be: gnome-screenshot --area -c and then set a shortcut by pressing the keyboard keys as you want.

screenshot of step 2

Your answer adds nothing the already accepted answer says. – David DE May 22 '24 at 15:23 — David DE, May 22 '24 at 15:23

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