Newbie: xfce4-screenshooter: No immediate screenshots, only a ~1sec delay.

[Jim Dean]

On Wed, 5 Feb 2020 at 12:58, Ambrose LI <ambrose.li at gmail.com> wrote:

> Le mar. 4 févr. 2020, à 19 h 23, James Cartner-Young (Sandal
> Computers) <jcartner-young at sandalcomputers.co.uk> a écrit :
> > Can Xfce4-screenshooter take an immediate screenshot?
> >
> > I like the way Windows does it by taking the screenshot immediately on
> keypress (Alt+PrintScr or just PrintScr.)  I mean, can Xfce4-screenshooter
> take a screenshot at load time and then offer further options afterwards?
> It is hard to time things correctly when things on the screen are moving,
> also it closes context and drop-down menus when it opens - Which reduces
> it's use cases somewhat :/
>
> I tried it and found that yes, it can indeed take an immediate
> screenshot if we use the command line. For example, if I bind
> "xfce4-screenshooter -w -d 0 -c" to PrtSc then pressing PrtSc will
> take a screenshot immediately and puts it in the clipboard.
>
> However, I’ve also found the bound key doesn’t always work, for
> example when the XFCE menu is open. Maybe someone else will have a
> better idea.
>
>
>
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The easiest way to take screenshot of menus is to use the delay. Set it to
5 - 10 seconds and then open the menu
-- 
Jim Dean
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