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I am using Ubuntu 16.04. Ubuntu ships with some gnome-screenshot, which can take screenshots of both the entire screen and screen parts. Unfortunately, it doesn't work if some menu is activated, i.e. I can't take a screenshot of a dropdown menu. In other cases the menu is closed when I press Shift+PrtScn.
This is an imperfection which Greenshot does not have.
Is there a normal screenshot application in Ubuntu which can capture everything, including menus?
Try Abduction.
It allows you to take whole pages/selections, though I'm not sure about scripting (this should be possible though.
You can use VLC or scrot for this task.
This method allows you to make a screenshot using VLC, which is a very common program. To install VLC, use sudo apt-get install vlc
F11 )Video -> Take Snapshot
~/Pictures/ as xxxx-xx-xx-xxhxxmxxs.png (the directory to save screenshots can be changed by going to Tools -> Preferences -> Video -> Video Snapshots and changing the directory setting.This method isn't as elegant as the one above, but it will work with most video players.
Scrot isn't installed by default, so you may have to use sudo apt-get install scrot.
sleep 10 && scrot /path/to/new/image (obviously change /path/to/new/image)Now, this method can be quite annoying to use, so let's bind it to a shortcut.
Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Shortcutsscrot -e 'mv $f /your/pictures' (As always, change the directory to your liking)
You can look scrot's documentation for more powerful features. man scrot
Best Answer
I suggest you to use Shutter. It works with any flavor of Ubuntu.
You can install it with apt or apt-get in all currently supported versions of Ubuntu:
If you prefer, you can set it as default PrtScr shortcut app in Ubuntu/Unity and in Lubuntu
To make capturing a windows dropdown menu easier give yourself 3 seconds of additional time to show the windows dropdown menu after selecting the window that gets a screenshot of it taken. Select Edit -> Preferences -> in left pane select Main -> in the number picker after where it says Capture after a delay of select 3 seconds.