Gnome Screenshot Copy Clipboard not working on Ubuntu 20.04
After months of banging my head and fingers, it is like so:
Main behavior:
Prtscn => Saves Full screen to folder [default ~/Pictures]
Modifiers
- +Ctrl => Saves to clipboard
- +Alt => Saves current window
- +Shift => Draws area to save
And all combinations. [except alt + shift which behaves like alt alone]
For Example:
Ctrl + Shift + Prtscn will let you select area and save it to clipboard
Please try with CTRL + Shift + PrintSc
In my case, the solution is in configuration > key combinations > search the command and update the key combination. Currently, I take a screenshot area with shift + PrintSc and it is working for me!
I think the issue has been there for a while. It is probably due to a bug in recent versions of gnome-setting-daemon, which clears data in clipboard when the app is closed. Thus, when the command gnome-screenshot -a -c runs and finishes, the screenshot is saved to clipboard and then cleared. That is the best guess for now.
For more information and updates, please refer to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-screenshot/-/issues/66
I found a workaround in https://askubuntu.com/a/1212806/1074472
gnome-screenshot -acf /tmp/test && cat /tmp/test | xclip -i -selection clipboard -target image/png
You need to have xclip installed.