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Ubuntu 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.
I wouldn't be so sure that Microsoft will give you an easy toggle in the new control panel for this behaviour.
I haven't used PrintScreen button since Windows 10. Now my preferred is combo Windows + Shift + S
Ubuntu 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.
Luckily you can change those settings in the keyboard shortcuts (in the standard OS settings). I wouldn't be so sure that Microsoft will give you an easy toggle in the new control panel for this behaviour.
Settings -> Accessibility -> Keyboard -> Use the PrtScr key to open Snipping Tool.
Ubuntu 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?
FWIW, I’m already used to Win+Shift+S by now which I assume does the same thing?
I don't like the snipping tool. I hit print screen then paste it into mspaint and save it
I can't remember the last time I actually wanted a screenshot of all my three screens. I've always used the button in combination with alt or switched to Win+Shift+S for snipping tool.
Assuming Microsoft leaves the quick shortcuts (alt/shift PrtScr) only power users seem to know about in place, I think this will be an improvement for most people.
For automation tools, I hope Microsoft will at least expose a setting for this, though I'd expect them to do it in a registry key if they do it at all. It's not exactly hard to get a screenshot through the Windows API (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/uwp/api/windows.graphics.c...) so getting around that without settings shouldn't be too much of a problem once tooling gets up to date either.
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Luckily you can change those settings in the keyboard shortcuts (in the standard OS settings). I wouldn't be so sure that Microsoft will give you an easy toggle in the new control panel for this behaviour.
It does give you an easy toggle: Settings -> Accessibility -> Keyboard -> Use the PrtScr key to open Snipping Tool.
Ubuntu 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.