Re: How do I take a partial screenshot in KDE?

In Spectacle, set the Capture Mode Area to rectangular region, then you can
play with delay if you need to click on something then shoot it in a few
seconds.

Works like a champ usually, I use it mostly every day.

-mb


On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 7:08 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am running Kubuntu 22.04.
>
> I would like to be able to take a snippet (specific region) of my
> screen, not the entire screen.
>
> My research shows that I can use spectacle take a screen shot, however I
> am not finding that I can take a portion of the screen.
>
> Then I ran into this :
>
> ==================
> Do you want to capture the image of your entire screen? A specific
> region? A specific window?
>
> If you just want a simple screenshot without any annotations/fancy
> editing capabilities, the default keyboard shortcuts will do the trick.
> These are not specific to Ubuntu. Almost all Linux distributions and
> desktop environments support these keyboard shortcuts.
>
> Let’s take a look at the list of keyboard shortcuts you can utilize:
>
> PrtSc – Save a screenshot of the entire screen to the “Pictures”
> directory.
> Shift + PrtSc – Save a screenshot of a specific region to Pictures.
> Alt + PrtSc – Save a screenshot of the current window to Pictures.
> Ctrl + PrtSc – Copy the screenshot of the entire screen to the
> clipboard.
> Shift + Ctrl + PrtSc – Copy the screenshot of a specific region to the
> clipboard.
> Ctrl + Alt + PrtSc – Copy the screenshot of the current window to the
> clipboard.
> ===================
>
> Ok, it looks like I have spectacle installed by default. I tried "Shift
> + PrtSc" and I got the entire screen. Image quality seems decent. If I
> have to I can edit the screenshot. Would like to avoid that extra step.
>
> Any Thoughts?
>
> Thanks!!
> Keith
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