On OSX, I can easily take a picture of desktop using keyboard combinations (Shift-Option-3 or 4). And the images are automatically created in my desktop.

How do I simulate this on Kubuntu?

Thanks

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Taking a picture of the desktop using keyboard shortcut and the image is automatically saved to the user desktop

Using Spectacle - KDE Framework 5 default screenshot capture utility:

$ spectacle --help
Usage: spectacle [options]
KDE Screenshot Utility
Options: -v, --version Displays version information. -h, --help Displays this help. --author Show author information. --license Show license information. --desktopfile <file name> The base file name of the desktop entry for this application. -f, --fullscreen Capture the entire desktop (default) -m, --current Capture the current monitor -a, --activewindow Capture the active window -u, --windowundercursor Capture the window currently under the cursor, including parents of pop-up menus -t, --transientonly Capture the window currently under the cursor, excluding parents of pop-up menus -r, --region Capture a rectangular region of the screen -g, --gui Start in GUI mode (default) -b, --background Take a screenshot and exit without showing the GUI -s, --dbus Start in DBus-Activation mode -n, --nonotify In background mode, do not pop up a notification when the screenshot is taken -o, --output <fileName> In background mode, save image to specified file -d, --delay <delayMsec> In background mode, delay before taking the shot (in milliseconds) -w, --onclick Wait for a click before taking screenshot. Invalidates delay

Command:

spectacle -f -b -n -o "$HOME/Desktop/ScreenShot-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).jpg"

will capture the entire desktop image to the user Desktop folder aka desktop.

The command can be added to the KDE menu with the KDE menu editor:

The command can be launched with the user defined shortcut:

When the shortcut is clicked the picture is saved to the desktop:

ksnapshot is the KDE (kubuntu) version of screen capture. It can be launched from the menu or by pressing prt scrn button

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1. Open System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts

2. Select Custom Shortcuts

3. Click Add Custom Shortcut

4. Fill fields

   • Name to Take a screenshot of region
   • Command to spectacle -r

5. Click OK

6. Double-Click one of the unassigned keyboard bindings

7. Insert your desired binding. (I'm using Super+Shift+S)

You need to add in Global Shortcuts the Spectacle application. This applications has already a few shortcuts (the importante ones) pre configures but empty. Iǘe attached a picture of my configuration

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