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.
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
#12This option already exists in Windows 10, and I have been enabling it for a number of years now.
Settings > Ease of Access > Keyboard > Print Screen shortcut
Also appears if you search "Print Screen" in the Start menu.
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#13The snipping tool does copy the image to the clipboard, so other than having to close the window the functionality of PrScr won’t change much.
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#14I don't like the snipping tool. I hit print screen then paste it into mspaint and save it
I'm always amazed at the wide spread use of mspaint. Since Win 98 I have used better alternatives e.g. irfanview but to each their own.
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#15As long as they don’t change snipping tools other keyboard shortcuts (again) I’m happy.
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#16I rather like it.
Yeah, likewise. I really appreciate that it's the default in Ubuntu. It's rare I need to capture a whole screen, or all three of them.
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#17Looks 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...
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#18Good thing ShareX [0] exists, and I haven't pressed PrintScreen in years thanks to this amazing tool.
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#19I guess they took inspiration from the competing Greenshot, where indeed it does remap that button to start the sniping tool right away. I've been enjoying this for many years already :D
Re: Microsoft to change PrintScreen button to open the Snipping Tool in Windows 11
#20Wasn'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
> I'm assuming we are not the only ones that found the PrtScr button to be useful for that
I can honestly say you might be the only ones. I've never heard or even conceived of such a thing.
There are a ton of ways to avoid this in the first place:
- use CLI to take the screenshot instead of simulating a key press
- don't test on Windows 11
- use reproducible test instances where you've turned this option off
- (if screenshotting text) use... logs?
I'm truly baffled by this complaint.