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gnome-screenshot package

  1. Bug #1130717
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 1130717

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Jeff Ward (jeff-ward) wrote :

This annoys me greatly also.

FYI, I believe this pertains to "Non-interactive mode" - that is, I pressed Print Screen without specifically opening the GUI.

Background: The UX expectation (from Windows) is that Print Screen simply places the screenshot into the clipboard. When Print Screen is pressed again, the previous clipboard is overwritten. A very tidy, fast UX flow.

Opinion: By not directly copying to the clipboard, the user must locate the Screenshot GUI and press "copy to clipboard" - irritating, but I suppose that's a matter of opinion. I'd suggest that by pressing Print Screen, I intentionally avoided the GUI - I don't want it.

BUG: However, if the GUI is already open, it DOES NOT refresh when I press Print Screen again. The Print Screen button is effectively disabled once the GUI is open. I have to find and close the GUI first. This behavior seems BUG worthy. This is especially irritating when the GUI is open on some other workspace, and Print Screen fails silently.