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.

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.