I need some help binding the screenshot function in I3

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What the title says. I have installed gnome-screenshot app in I3 and idk how to bind it. Any help is appreciated. Also gobble gobble

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I’m not sure if gnome screenshot can be invoked from terminal. Instead, I’ll use scrot or maim.

Use these in config for scrot

# full screen picture
bindsym --release Print exec "scrot -m '~/Pictures/screenshots/%s_%H%M_%d.%m.%Y_$wx$h.png'"

# choose region
bindsym --release Shift+Print exec "scrot -s '~/Pictures/screenshots/%s_%H%M_%d%m%Y_$wx$h.png'"

# use current focussed window
bindsym --release $mod+Shift+Print exec "scrot -u -d 3 '~/Pictures/screenshots/%s_%H%M_%d%m%Y_$wx$h.png'"
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Not quite related to this thread, but just asking, you know, informally…

Have you considered KDE Plasma? It has a wonderful screenshot application called Spectacle. Really nice! stars

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Gobble gobble

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I see… Well, okay then.

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From the terminal:

gnome-screenshot -i
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scrot

bindsym Print exec --no-startup-id scrot ‘screenshot-%Y-%m-%d-%s_screenshot_$wx$h.jpg’ -e ‘mv $f $$(xdg-user-dir PICTURES)’

xfce4-screenshooter

bindsym $mod+Print exec --no-startup-id xfce4-screenshooter

gnome-screenshot

bindsym $mod+Shift+Print exec --no-startup-id gnome-screenshot -i

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And I was beat to the answer.

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just to add … flameshot better or scrot as @flyingcakes say …

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why ? that bloat + slower :wink: :pray: final i bite

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flameshot is nice

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