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gnome-screenshot package

Alt+Print Screen only takes picture of the HUD

Bug #1231447 reported by Hans Jørgen Hoel
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This bug affects 10 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-screenshot (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

In 13.10, pressing "Alt+Print Screen" always takes a screenshot of the HUD and not of the active window.

This was fixed in 13.04, ref. bug number 1072199.

To replicate:
1. Start a program such as "gedit".
2. Press Alt+PrintScreen

* What happens: gnome-screenshot takes a screenshot of the HUD (due to the Dash that gets invoked).
* What should happen: gnome-screenshot should take a screenshot of just the "gedit" window

See original description
Tags: saucy
Hans Jørgen Hoel (hansjorg)
tags: added: saucy
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-screenshot (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Sebastian J. Bronner (waschtl) wrote :

I modified the description to replace "launcher" with "HUD", as that is specifically what is popping up.

summary: - Alt+Print Screen only takes picture of launcher
+ Alt+Print Screen only takes picture of the HUD
description: updated
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Sebastian J. Bronner (waschtl) wrote :

I don't believe that this bug is a duplicate of bug #1169904. The problem arises *before* the "Save Screenshot" dialog box appears.

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Sebastian J. Bronner (waschtl) wrote :

Norbert, since you just marked the bug as a duplicate, would you mind explaining why you believe that it is a duplicate?

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Sebastian J. Bronner (waschtl) wrote :

I removed the duplicate status here after a commenter of bug #1169904 seconded my view (comment #17 in that bugreport).

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Bruno Nova (brunonova) wrote :

Experienced this bug now.

For now, if you want to take a screenshot of a window:
1. press and hold Print Screen
2. press and hold Alt
3. release Print Screen (and then Alt)
This seemed to work for me, but it shouldn't be necessary.

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Sebastian J. Bronner (waschtl) wrote :

I can confirm that Bruno's workaround works for me, as well.

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