i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 22 Sep 2015 22:56:55 +0000bindsym for screenshot partially not workinghttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/6659/bindsym-for-screenshot-partially-not-working/I want to have different ways of making a screenshot, handy with a key combination. So this is what I came up with.. Print for the regular screenshots, Shift+print for selection only and $mod+print+shift for the active window. bindsym Print exec "scrot -m '/home/user/Pictures/screenshots/%s_%H%M_%d.%m.%Y_$wx$h.png'" bindsym Shift+Print exec "scrot -s '/home/user/Pictures/screenshots/%s_%H%M_%d%m%Y_$wx$h.png'" bindsym $mod+Shift+Print exec "scrot -u -d 4 '/home/user/Pictures/screenshots/%s_%H%M_%d%m%Y_$wx$h.png'" Regular screenshots and screenshots of the active window work fine. The Shift+Print, for the selection screenshot doesn't work at all. The command itself works perfectly fine in the terminal, but not when run with the key combination. What am I missing?Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:19:05 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6659/bindsym-for-screenshot-partially-not-working/Answer by Airblader for <p>I want to have different ways of making a screenshot, handy with a key combination.</p> <p>So this is what I came up with.. Print for the regular screenshots, Shift+print for selection only and $mod+print+shift for the active window.</p> <pre><code>bindsym Print exec "scrot -m '/home/user/Pictures/screenshots/%s_%H%M_%d.%m.%Y_$wx$h.png'" bindsym Shift+Print exec "scrot -s '/home/user/Pictures/screenshots/%s_%H%M_%d%m%Y_$wx$h.png'" bindsym $mod+Shift+Print exec "scrot -u -d 4 '/home/user/Pictures/screenshots/%s_%H%M_%d%m%Y_$wx$h.png'" </code></pre> <p>Regular screenshots and screenshots of the active window work fine. The Shift+Print, for the selection screenshot doesn't work at all. The command itself works perfectly fine in the terminal, but not when run with the key combination.</p> <p>What am I missing?</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6659/bindsym-for-screenshot-partially-not-working/?answer=6662#post-id-6662I figured it out now. It's actually a known problem, I was just blind. Sorry, I also missed this in my answer on the other thread. You need to add "--release": bindsym --release Print exec "scrot -m '/home/user/Pictures/screenshots/%s_%H%M_%d.%m.%Y_$wx$h.png'" bindsym --release Shift+Print exec "scrot -s '/home/user/Pictures/screenshots/%s_%H%M_%d%m%Y_$wx$h.png'" bindsym --release $mod+Shift+Print exec "scrot -u -d 4 '/home/user/Pictures/screenshots/%s_%H%M_%d%m%Y_$wx$h.png'"Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:33:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6659/bindsym-for-screenshot-partially-not-working/?answer=6662#post-id-6662Comment by a_flamethrowing_duck for <p>I figured it out now. It's actually a known problem, I was just blind. Sorry, I also missed this in my answer on the other thread. You need to add "--release":</p> <pre><code>bindsym --release Print exec "scrot -m '/home/user/Pictures/screenshots/%s_%H%M_%d.%m.%Y_$wx$h.png'" bindsym --release Shift+Print exec "scrot -s '/home/user/Pictures/screenshots/%s_%H%M_%d%m%Y_$wx$h.png'" bindsym --release $mod+Shift+Print exec "scrot -u -d 4 '/home/user/Pictures/screenshots/%s_%H%M_%d%m%Y_$wx$h.png'" </code></pre> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6659/bindsym-for-screenshot-partially-not-working/?comment=6666#comment-6666very nice! works perfectly now.. thank you so much!Tue, 22 Sep 2015 22:56:55 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/6659/bindsym-for-screenshot-partially-not-working/?comment=6666#comment-6666