How to assign PrtScr(Print Screen) key to Flameshot screenshot tool in Gnome 3?

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How to assign PrtScr(Print Screen) key to Flameshot screenshot tool in Gnome 3?

1. Goto Keyboard settings and click 'Save a screenshot to Pictures' under 'Screenshots' section.
2. Press 'Backspace' key delete 'PrtScr' key shortcut and press 'Set' button
3. Press '+'(Plust) icon in the 'Custom Shortcuts' in the same window
4. Enter 'Flameshot' in 'Name' field , 'flameshot gui' in 'Command' field, and click 'Set Shortcut' button and press 'PrtScr' button in the keyboard and close the dialog box 5.That's it. If you press 'PrtScr' key, the Flameshot selection area screen will appear.

It works, thanks!
I'm using Debian 11 with GNOME Shell 3.38.6

Perfect, been looking for a nice Linux alternative to Lightshot in windows. This is better!

Try WIN + Shift + S

not working for me

shows this error message when i types prt scn button.

@LK-Hemant
Try putting the full path into the command field followed by the "gui". In a shell run

$ which flameshot
/your/path/to/flameshot #copy paste this and also add "gui" at the end.

BTW on Fedora 36 (probably the newer too) there is no "'Save a screenshot to Pictures" so just remove the Print binding from wherever it's assigned. Then back out one level up and go to "Custom Shortcuts" to add the new shortcut.

Works like a charm on Ubuntu 23.04.. thanks!

flatpak run org.flameshot.Flameshot gui

Thak you very much.. Works perfectly

How do you configure flameshot to work as a snipping tool? I want to select an area on the screen then send it to the clipboard to be pasted into other applications e.g. email, slack, notes, etc. I don't want all the extra steps involved with opening the app, telling it to do something, then do it. Just do what I want from the start.

Hello, @nmcusa I just hit ctrl+c after select the area, out the elements (arrow, retangle..) and the picture is sand to clipboard

Thank you.

A small step for mankind... Thanks you very much!

If you installed Flameshot through Flatpak, the command should be set to flatpak run org.flameshot.Flameshot gui in order to make it work. Have fun with your superior screenshot tool 🎉

Thank you so much man this worked for me

@LK-Hemant I had the same issue fixed it like this

Hey.

What if I wanted to do a printscreen of the window with an opened file menu ?

I have a SublimeText with this addon (enhanced file menu): https://github.com/titoBouzout/SideBarEnhancements

And if I do a printscreen, nothing happens. I need to close the menu (I mean the right click button menu) to make the shortcut work.

Any ideas ?

Worked perfectly!

Worked perfectly, thanks! Figured out every step aside from typing flameshot gui specifically, so I just typed flameshot and that simply opened the app, haha. Can confirm it requires removing the default PrtScr binding first though! If you skip it, you won't be able to define the custom PrtScr action.