The Windows clipboard is a technology where applications can store a single piece of information in different formats. For example a single picture can be stored in the formats PNG, BMP and GIF. If the content is pasted (CTRL + v), the current active Window has to process the key stroke, looks at the clipboard an takes the format it knows from it.
Greenshot supports the following formats:
- DIB (Bitmap stored as BMP, removed the first 14 bytes) - Greenshot 1.2 This format causes issues with Windows 11 when Docker is running, or VirtualBox. It doesn't support transparency.
- DIB (BI_BITFIELDS) - Greenshot 1.3.234 This is supposed to make transparency possible, but it's not officially supported.
- PNG - This has just fine transparency support
- Windows Bitmap (default format if you just place a bitmap on the clipboard)
- HTML with a link to a file
- HTML with embedded data
| Application | DIB | DIB Bitfields | PNG | Windows Bitmap | HTML | HTML Embedded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Teams | X | - | - | - | - | - |