Feature #545
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 9 years ago
Taking screenshots is one of the functions every desktop computer must have; for troubleshooting, taking game screenshots, or even taking a snapshot of a web blog post before a moderator pulls it. I use Arch with LXDE for my main work desktop, and it lacks a print screen hot key function natively. This is how I added is to my desktop. * Ensure ImageMagick is installed <pre> sudo pacman -S ImageMagick </pre> * Install obkey from the AUR using yaourt: <pre> yaourt obkey </pre> * Open the LXDE config with obkey: <pre> obkey ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml </pre> * Then *Insert a New Sibling Keybind* * Select the newly created key, it will prompt *New Accelerator...* * Press the key combination to the screenshot, in my case it was *Fn + F11* * Associate the new key combo with an action, by going to the action pane and clicking *Insert Action -> Execute* * In the command text box add the following: <pre> sh -c "import -window root ~/Pictures/$(date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S').png" </pre> * Click on the *Save* icon and exit. Now when the screenshot icon is pressed a timestamped PNG of the current active windows will be saved in the Pictures directory in the home folder.