I haven't used PrintScreen button since Windows 10. Now my preferred is combo Windows + Shift + S
Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
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Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#22Looks like it's a new default with the option to disable. Is there any way to set the default to another program? Or is Microsoft going to try to lock this down like the whole Microsoft Edge, EdgeDeflector, microsoft-edge:// uri stuff?
Greenshot [1] should be able to do this as long as that option is disabled on Windows [2]. [1]: https://getgreenshot.org/ [2]: https://getgreenshot.org/faq/my-prntscreen-key-no-longer-wor...
I'd love to use Greenshot more, but it seems unfixably broken on hi-res monitors.
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#23We're still waiting on a shortcut key to copy only the client area of the window to the clipboard.
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#24Ubuntu added something like that in 22.04, and it's a pain. Pushing "Print Screen" brings up an interactive thing to decide what you want to capture. You used to be able to capture an image to a file. Now you have to bring up something to save the clipboard.
On fedora, I use alt + print screen to capture the current active window. I practically always maximize my windows so it works for me. Assuming Ubuntu hasn’t messed with gnome too much, this should work. See if it works better for your workflow?
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#25Is this change related to the data leak vulnerability? (this one: https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/25/23656627/microsoft-fixes-... )
I don't see how it would be related; the vulnerability has been patched and this change promotes the formerly-vulnerable tool.
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#26FWIW, I’m already used to Win+Shift+S by now which I assume does the same thing?
It should
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#27Couldn't they set it so the first time print screen is hit they prompt what the shortcut should be? Quietly changing decades old shortcuts would aggravate the hell out of me, even if I like the change. I say this, but now I do recall how obnoxious sticky keys was.
Microsoft has a history of shitty behavior like this. One of the first things I change when I need to use a new computer is change alt tabs to windows only instead of treating edge tabs like windows.
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#28Wasn't Microsoft the "let's not break backwards compatibility for any reason" company? Coming from software development, we do have tests that insert a screenshot into the report in case they fail, and I'm assuming we are not the only ones that found the PrtScr button to be useful for that
You're saying you have tests that programmatically "press" PrtScr to take a screenshot?
I wouldn't put it past Microsoft to preserve the old behavior just for programmatic keypresses.
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#29Wasn't Microsoft the "let's not break backwards compatibility for any reason" company? Coming from software development, we do have tests that insert a screenshot into the report in case they fail, and I'm assuming we are not the only ones that found the PrtScr button to be useful for that
Then disable the new default behaviour, by using the provided setting?
For 99.999% of the users, I reckon this is a good change. And for the rest they've thoughtfully provided an option to revert.
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#30Next up: Ctrl + F opens Bing chat.