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Ubuntu added something like that in 22.04, and it's a pain. Pushing "Print Screen" brings up an interactive thing to decide what you want to capture. You used to be able to capture an image to a file. Now you have to bring up something to save the clipboard.

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I am pretty torn on the Ubuntu behavior. On one hand, the pop-up is obnoxious, and it breaks my mental model of what the keyboard button is supposed to do. On the other, screens have gotten so big that it is rare I actually want to save my entire multi-monitor desktop, and only want a tiny viewport.

Alt-Printscreen does work as the original keypress, but I only remember this shortcut after I have already hit Printscreen and see the window appear.

the Win+Shift+S pulls up this same feature. I actually quite like it as its the windows analog for snipping. Or maybe i changed that myself...I dont recall doing it though.

That said, one thing that does bug me is the Ubuntu terminal behavior change that no longer respects right clicks for paste, or ctrl+v for that matter.

I had to go digging to restore that and was causing some havoc with vim as instead of pasting when in Insert mode, it would toss me in some -- Insert (visual)-- mode

Luckily you can change those settings in the keyboard shortcuts (in the standard OS settings).

I wouldn't be so sure that Microsoft will give you an easy toggle in the new control panel for this behaviour.

It does give you an easy toggle:

Settings -> Accessibility -> Keyboard -> Use the PrtScr key to open Snipping Tool.

At least until a forced update "accidentally" changes it back.

I think it will retain.

it's not related to edge/bing so it doesn't affect revenue

Accessibility? What a weird place to put keyboard shortcut settings. No wonder I've never seen the toggle!

Good on Microsoft, I guess!

It's not too far off as the change affects user ergonomics, but it's not the first place one would think of, you're right. I'd prefer an hierarchy like "Devices -> Keyboard -> Shortcut Keys".

On fedora, I use alt + print screen to capture the current active window. I practically always maximize my windows so it works for me. Assuming Ubuntu hasn’t messed with gnome too much, this should work. See if it works better for your workflow?

That also works the same way on Windows, even with the new feature turned on.

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