{"id":15893,"date":"2024-06-19T16:10:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T12:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/docs\/knowledgebase\/get-started\/how-to-take-a-screenshots-on-linux\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T16:39:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:39:12","slug":"how-to-take-a-screenshots-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/docs\/knowledgebase\/get-started\/how-to-take-a-screenshots-on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to take a screenshots on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15893\" class=\"elementor elementor-15893\" data-elementor-post-type=\"docs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-93e40c3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93e40c3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e299d20\" data-id=\"e299d20\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-238d98a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"238d98a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here\u2019s a detailed guide on how to take screenshots on Ubuntu:<\/p><h2>Capturing the entire screen<\/h2><p><a href=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/01-Entire-Screen.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"doc-rounded-image aligncenter wp-image-15895 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/01-Entire-Screen-1024x364.png\" alt=\"taking entire screen screenshot on Linux using print screen\" width=\"1024\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/01-Entire-Screen-1024x364.png 1024w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/01-Entire-Screen-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/01-Entire-Screen-768x273.png 768w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/01-Entire-Screen.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>To capture the entire screen, press the PrtScn (Print Screen) key. By default, the screenshot will be saved in the Pictures folder.<\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Capturing the Active Window<\/h2><p>To capture only the active window, press <strong>&#8220;Alt + PrtScn&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/taking-the-active-window-screenshot-on-linux-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"doc-rounded-image aligncenter wp-image-15902 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/taking-the-active-window-screenshot-on-linux-1-1024x364.png\" alt=\"taking the active window screenshot on linux\" width=\"1024\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/taking-the-active-window-screenshot-on-linux-1-1024x364.png 1024w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/taking-the-active-window-screenshot-on-linux-1-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/taking-the-active-window-screenshot-on-linux-1-768x273.png 768w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/taking-the-active-window-screenshot-on-linux-1-1536x546.png 1536w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/taking-the-active-window-screenshot-on-linux-1-2048x728.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Capturing a Selected Area<\/h2><p>To capture a selected portion of the screen, press <strong>&#8220;Shift + PrtScn&#8221;<\/strong> or <strong>&#8220;Ctrl + Shift + PrtScn&#8221;<\/strong>. Your cursor will change to a crosshair. Click and drag to select the area you want to capture. Release the mouse button to take the screenshot.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/taking-the-selected-area-screenshot-on-linux.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15903\" src=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/taking-the-selected-area-screenshot-on-linux-1024x364.png\" alt=\"taking the selected area screenshot on linux\" width=\"1024\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/taking-the-selected-area-screenshot-on-linux-1024x364.png 1024w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/taking-the-selected-area-screenshot-on-linux-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/taking-the-selected-area-screenshot-on-linux-768x273.png 768w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/taking-the-selected-area-screenshot-on-linux.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Where to find Linux screenshots?<\/h2><p>On most Linux distributions, the location where screenshots are saved when using the Print Screen key can vary depending on the desktop environment, but usually, screenshots are saved in the <strong>&#8220;~\/Pictures&#8221;<\/strong> directory.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a detailed guide on how to take screenshots on Ubuntu: Capturing the entire screen To capture the entire screen, press the PrtScn (Print Screen) key. By default, the screenshot will be saved in the Pictures folder. \u00a0 Capturing the Active Window To capture only the active window, press &#8220;Alt + PrtScn&#8221;. \u00a0 Capturing a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9521,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-15893","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15893"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16329,"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15893\/revisions\/16329"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=15893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}