Oracle^® Solaris 11.3 Desktop User's Guide

Taking Screenshots

You can take a screenshot in any of the following ways:

• If you have added a Take Screenshot button to a panel, click the button to take a screenshot of the entire screen.

• Use one of the following shortcut keys:

  • Print Screen – Takes a screenshot of the entire screen.

  • Alt+Print Screen – Takes a screenshot of the active window which is active.

  You can use the Keyboard Shortcuts preference tool to modify the default shortcut keys.

• From the menubar, choose Applications → Accessories → Take Screenshot.

• In a terminal window, type the gnome-screenshot command. The gnome-screenshot command takes a screenshot of the entire screen, and displays the Save Screenshot dialog so you can save the screenshot.

  The gnome-screenshot command has the options described in the following table.

  Option Function –window Takes a screenshot of the window that has focus. –delay=seconds Takes a screenshot after the specified number of seconds, and displays the Save Screenshot dialog. Use the Save Screenshot dialog to save the screenshot. –include-border-- Takes a screenshot including the border of the window. –remove-border-- Takes a screenshot without the border of the window. –border-effect=shadow-- Takes a screenshot and adds a shadow bevel effect around it. –border-effect=border-- Takes a screenshot and adds a border effect around it. –interactive-- Opens a window to set options before taking the screenshot. –help Displays the options for the command.

To save the screenshot as an image file, type the file name for the screenshot, choose a location from the drop-down list and click Save. You can also use Copy to Clipboard to copy the image to the clipboard or transfer it to another application by using drag and drop.