Title, basically!
#How to make alt+Printscreen ALWAYS just copy straight to the darn clipboard?
amber anchor
hot raft
in Cinnamon, go to Settings: Keyboard> Shortcuts tab. Unassign the function for the current thing which does a windowed screenshot on alt-print, and find the thing you want for windowed shot straight to clipboard, and assign it as fit.
amber anchor
Where do i go from here?
dammit muscle memory
Where from here?
wait i found it... but which one is "Take a screenshot and automatically copy it to the clipboard"?
Take a screenshot of the current window is what alt+printscreen currently is, but i just want that automatically and instantly in the copy buffer
i really dont understand why its not set to do that automatically
hot raft
it would be kind of weird if it was default just gonna do some invisible and unknown thing.
second-last option in last picture is what you want.
amber anchor
How do i put the command in?
hot raft
then see what it says at very bottom
amber anchor
but that is just to delete it and try again... and it does the same thing again, thinks I pressed ALT+L when I pressed ALT+Printscreen
hot raft
is the Printscreen key on your system on a 2nd-level or has its very own button?
hot raft
altL means u pressed the left Alt key. u have to squeeze alt**+**Prntcr
amber anchor
erh what
hot raft
press and hold alt (either one) AND then press printscreen key.. to set it. for half second, basically. then it's done
amber anchor
so if i press Printscreen, it says i pressed "Print" but when I press left alt it's ALT L, but i cant press them both together... its not allowed?
hot raft
ofc u can press them together!!
that's what i just said to do.
if it doesnt take it, then idk wtf is up
amber anchor
but when I do that it just gives me "ALT L"
hot raft
clear the prior shortcut that the default system has (alt+prnt)
hot raft
the original function that launch an interactive thing to "save" or whatever
amber anchor
CTRL+V not working
hot raft
where are u attempting to paste in
amber anchor
discord to show screenshot
ALT+K as a new shortcut works when I press both together, it brings up "ALT L + K"
hot raft
open something like "drawing" app from start menu, and paste there.
amber anchor
but wont do the same with ALT+Printscreen
hot raft
shrugs
now u can make ur shortcut however u want, so play around til u find something that works.
amber anchor
what now ALT on it's own is acting like alt printscreen
why is this so damn complicated?
There we go thats what i was saying
Alt l + Printscreen doesnt work, but Alt+K does
hot raft
something's gone weird. try unassigning all what u did. then do a clean reboot.
fyi, it's a 3 seconds job. so idk why u got trouble.
unless you got some kind of exotic keyboard , or wrong keyboard layout/ model
hot raft
open text editor.. highlight some text, and try ctrl-c, then ctrl-v on a new line
then try Alt+f while the text editor is open. It should open the File menu of it.
Alt+F2 should open a run box
amber anchor
i dont know why its so dam hard lol
it can recognise both buttons, but wont recognise them together
