Shortcut to create screenshots that can be opened, copied to clipboard or saved to disk.

This extension is based on gnome-shell-imgur.

Installation

Via extensions.gnome.org

The latest reviewed version can be found at GNOME Shell Extensions

Via github.com

The latest development version can be installed manually with these commands:

git clone https://github.com/OttoAllmendinger/gnome-shell-screenshot.git
cd gnome-shell-screenshot
make update_dependencies
make install

Then go to https://extensions.gnome.org/local/ to turn on the extension or use gnome-tweak-tool.

Reporting a Bug

When reporting a bug, please include debugging output from gnome-shell.

You can capture the logs with this command:

journalctl --user /usr/bin/gnome-shell --follow

Known Issues

Error after updating extension (Gnome-Shell 3.37 and above)

Since Gnome-Shell version 3.37.2, extensions that are updated are unavailable (in an error state) until the user logs out and back in again. (See commit 6ddd43f3 in gnome-shell)

If the error persists, please open a bug report.

Error: exitCode=256

Firejail

When using Firejail, please add this configration:

File /etc/firejail/gjs.local:

noblacklist ${HOME}/.local/share/gnome-shell

(Reported here)

Extension "No Flash for Clipboard Screenshots"

The extension available here is known to cause problems when used together with gnome-shell-screenshot.

Please deactivate no-flash-for-clipboard-screenshots when using gnome-shell-screenshot.

(Reported here)

Clipboard stops working in Gnome 3.20

On Gnome 3.20, the clipboard stops working after the lock screen appears.

See OttoAllmendinger#4

As a workaround, restart the shell: Ctrl-F2 r Enter. The clipboard should work again afterwards.

Contributors

• https://github.com/RaphaelRochet, https://github.com/peetcamron -- French translation
• https://github.com/gsantner -- German translation
• https://github.com/pkomur, https://github.com/orschiro, https://github.com/MartinPL -- Polish translation
• https://github.com/amivaleo, https://github.com/Fastbyte01 -- Italian translation
• https://github.com/ge0rgecz -- Czech translation
• https://github.com/dirosis -- Greek translation
• https://github.com/AlexGluck, https://github.com/alex-volga -- Russian translation
• https://github.com/trinaldi -- Portuguese (Brazil) translation
• https://github.com/alex-volga -- Ukrainian translation
• https://github.com/iamhefang -- Simplified Chinese translation
• https://github.com/Mavrikant -- Turkish translation
• https://github.com/Burday -- Bulgarian translation
• https://github.com/johanbcn -- Spanish and Catalan translation
• https://github.com/ibaios -- Basque translation
• https://github.com/kudaliar032 -- Indonesian Translation

Also see contributors for gnome-shell-imgur.

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