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   Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Feb-2026 05:11:25 JST Børge

   How do I take a screenshot of the Alt+Tab thingie in #Gnome?

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     Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 03:35:46 JST Børge

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     • Cassidy James :roost: :gnome:

     @cassidy Yeah, sure that's possible, but… You used to be able to set a delay in the #Gnome screenshot tool, didn't you? Maybe this is still possible in the cli? It's too bad if this feature has been removed altogether.

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     Cassidy James :roost: :gnome: (cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 03:35:47 JST Cassidy James :roost: :gnome:

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     @forteller huh, this stumped me. I figured Shift+PrntScr would still work, but it doesn't. It's not ideal, but you can record the screen, then open the resulting recording and use the menu item (or Ctrl+Alt+S) to take a “screenshot” or frame grab from the video.

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     Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 05:18:31 JST Børge

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     • Cassidy James :roost: :gnome:
     • Rob O'Hare

     @rohare @cassidy Ah, I see. Thank you!

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     Rob O'Hare (rohare@troet.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 05:18:33 JST Rob O'Hare

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     • Cassidy James :roost: :gnome:

     @forteller @cassidy It looks like the recommendation is to install gnome-screenshot:

     https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/7720

     (I deleted an earlier reply as it was complete nonsense).

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     Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 05:54:29 JST Børge

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     • Cassidy James :roost: :gnome:
     • Rob O'Hare

     @rohare @cassidy I guess I'll have to go the screen recording route if I want to go trough with my idea of making a mockup of how I think the Alt+Tab in Gnome should work in the future… At the same time I feel like it's so unlikely that this will actually change anything, that I don't know if I should spend my time on it… :/

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     Rob O'Hare (rohare@troet.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 05:54:30 JST Rob O'Hare

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     • Cassidy James :roost: :gnome:

     @forteller @cassidy Hmm, yes, `gnome-screenshot` is archived:

     https://gitlab.gnome.org/Archive/gnome-screenshot/-/blob/master/README.md

     I'm not sure if there are any decent Gnome screenshot tools. The last time I used Shutter it was definitely not working under Wayland. Maybe Flameshot?

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     Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 07:51:44 JST Børge

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     • Emmanuele Bassi
     • Cassidy James :roost: :gnome:

     @ebassi @cassidy You're right. I was confusing them. But I tried installing the old one to do this, but it wouldn't work, unfortunately

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     Emmanuele Bassi (ebassi@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Feb-2026 07:51:45 JST Emmanuele Bassi

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     • Cassidy James :roost: :gnome:

     @forteller @cassidy it wasn't "removed": it was never implemented in the first place. You're confusing the old gnome-screenshot utility with the shell screenshot functionality that replaced it five years ago