https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 08 Oct 2015 09:39:59 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4818/screenshot-of-focused-window/I want to be able to do screen shots of the focused by pressing a button. Should be easy. ## First try: scrot _(since it seems to be the most recomended tool for screenshots in i3wm)_ ######Whole screen > bindsym XF86Display exec "scrot ~/Downloads/Screenshot_%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S.png" Works fine ######Focussed Window Well... Some people in the internet seem to think there is a -u flag for scrot but in the yum-installed Fedora version (0.8) there definitely is not. Bad luck. ## Second try: ImageMagick _(since many people tell me it can do anything I want)_ ######Whole screen > bindsym XF86Display exec "import -window root ~/Downloads/Screenshot_$(date +%F_%H:%M:%S).png" The date is not as elegant as in scrot, works fine though. ######Focussed window Tricky. I don't know the id of the focused window. But there is a workaround: > import -window `xwininfo | awk '/.*Window id:.*/ {print $4}'` ~/Downloads/Screenshot_$(date +%F_%H:%M:%S).png I can click on the window I want to screenshot and there we go. A bit of a hack (found here: http: //www .trueelena.org/computers/howto/screenshots_with_imagemagick.html ), but anyway. Works in the console. But in i3config: > bindsym XF86Display exec "import -window `xwininfo | awk '/.*Window id:.*/ {print $4}'` ~/Downloads/Screenshot_$(date +%F_%H:%M:%S).png" Doesn't work. I am asked to click on a window, but no screenshot is saved. I am not sure why. Could someone give me a hand, please? Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:28:52 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4818/screenshot-of-focused-window/https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4818/screenshot-of-focused-window/?answer=6855#post-id-6855 **ksnapshot** [Check my answer to another similar question](https://faq.i3wm.org/question/202/what-do-you-guys-use-for-printscreen/?answer=6567#post-id-6567)Thu, 08 Oct 2015 09:39:59 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4818/screenshot-of-focused-window/?answer=6855#post-id-6855https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4818/screenshot-of-focused-window/?answer=6754#post-id-6754 When I use: $scrot --version scrot version 0.8 you get the -u flag which: > -u, --focused use the currently focused window and doing: ~$ scrot -u '%Y%m%d_%H%M%S.png' -e 'mv $f ~/images/shots/' Does in fact create a screeshot of the currently focused window and sends it to the /shots/ directory. For further reference -s: -s, --select interactively choose a window or rectangle with the mouse That is th option that I preferWed, 30 Sep 2015 22:44:38 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4818/screenshot-of-focused-window/?answer=6754#post-id-6754https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4818/screenshot-of-focused-window/?answer=4822#post-id-4822I rarely use screenshots. But when I do, I use scrot, select the region I want and open gimp. That all with one keyboard shortcut. What's not to love about i3 ;-) bindsym Mod1+Print exec scrot -s -e 'mv $f /tmp/ && gimp /tmp/$f' --release Or for the whole screen bindsym Ctrl+Print exec scrot -e 'mv $f /tmp/ && gimp /tmp/$f' Disclaimer: The two lines are shamelessly taken from another entry in this forum.Tue, 21 Oct 2014 21:10:31 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4818/screenshot-of-focused-window/?answer=4822#post-id-4822https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4818/screenshot-of-focused-window/?comment=4829#comment-4829Yes, that is true. But as I said I rarely use screenshots and so this is sufficient for me.Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:49:03 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4818/screenshot-of-focused-window/?comment=4829#comment-4829https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4818/screenshot-of-focused-window/?comment=4827#comment-4827This is ok, but doesn't solve the problem of screenshoting exactly 1 window. I don't want to select a region, but shoot the active window.Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:33:37 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4818/screenshot-of-focused-window/?comment=4827#comment-4827