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The default way to capture your screen to a file is to press the PrintScreen key. The program Spectacle will pop up. It allows you to capture

the complete screen
single windows
a rectangular region on the screen

However, some people want their screenshots to be stored without any further interaction. This can be useful during documentation work when you want to do a lot of screenshots without interrupting work. One solution is to set up Shift+PrintScreen to trigger a screenshot. To do this

start System Settings, navigate to Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts -> Take Full Screen Screenshot

click on Trigger -> Shortcut and press Shif+Printscreen. Shift+Print should then appears in the button:

Setting up Shift+PrintScreen as global shortcut

click on Apply

Now whenever you press Shift+PrintScreen your screen will be saved to your Pictures folder with a timestamp in its name, e.g. Screenshot_20190107_224731.png.

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-The default way to capture your screen to a file is to press the PrintScreen key. The program ksnapshot will pop up. It allows you to capture
+<languages />
+<translate>
+The default way to capture your screen to a file is to press the PrintScreen key. The program [[Special:myLanguage/Spectacle|Spectacle]] will pop up. It allows you to capture
 * the complete screen
 * single windows
 * a rectangular region on the screen
-However many people want their screenshots to be stored without any further interaction. This can be useful during documentation work when you want to do a lot of screenshots without interrupting work. One solution is to set up Shift_PrintScreen to trigger a screenshot. To do this
+However, some people want their screenshots to be stored without any further interaction. This can be useful during documentation work when you want to do a lot of screenshots without interrupting work. One solution is to set up Shift+PrintScreen to trigger a screenshot. To do this
-* install the import command, e.g. for SUSE Linux:
- yast -i ImageMagick
+* start System Settings, navigate to <menuchoice>Shortcuts</menuchoice> -> <menuchoice>Custom Shortcuts</menuchoice> -> <menuchoice>Take Full Screen Screenshot</menuchoice>
-* start systemsettings, navigate to Shortcuts and Gestures -> Custom Shortcuts -> Edit -> New -> Global Shortcut -> Command/URL
-* enter a name for your action, for example Screenshot_batch
+* click on <menuchoice>Trigger</menuchoice> -> <menuchoice>Shortcut</menuchoice> and press Shif+Printscreen. Shift+Print should then appears in the button:
-* click on Trigger -> Shortcut and press Shift_Printscreen. Shift+Print appears in the button:
+[[Image:Spectacle-systemsettings-printscreen.png|center|500px|
+Setting up Shift+PrintScreen as global shortcut]]
+* click on <menuchoice>Apply</menuchoice>
+Now whenever you press Shift+PrintScreen your screen will be saved to your Pictures folder with a timestamp in its name, e.g.
+Screenshot_20190107_224731.png.
-[[Image:Snapshot-systemsettings-printscreen.png|360px|<translate><!--T:1-->
+== More Information ==
-Setting up Shift_PrintScreen as global shortcut</translate>]]
-* click on "Action" and enter the command
+* [[Special:myLanguage/System_Settings/Custom_Shortcuts|System Settings/Custom Shortcuts]]
- import -window root "snapshot-$(date --rfc-3339=seconds).jpg"
+* [[Special:myLanguage/Spectacle|Spectacle]]
-* click on "Apply"
-Now whenever you press Shift_PrintScreen your screen will be saved to your home folder with a timestamp in its name, e.g.
+</translate>
-snapshot-2014-08-05 10:06:09+02:00.jpg