# screenshot

- Standard tool: [flameshot](https://github.com/lupoDharkael/flameshot), i.e. screenshot with graphical editor; Applications > Graphics > Flameshot
- (mate-screenshot) Applications > Accessoires > Take Screenshot

When you press Print-Screen (key: 'prt scn' or 'print' or 'druck') the screen will get a dark overlay and you can select the area you want to screenshot and immediately start editing the image.

Features:

- Adjustable selection
- Copy to clipboard or save to disk
- Highlight or blur parts of the screenshot
- Place markings such as arrows, circles and rectangles on the image
- Optional direct upload (no account needed) to [http://imgur.com](http://imgur.com) to share the screenshot online

[![animatedUsage.gif](https://wiki.math.uzh.ch/public/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/animatedusage.gif)](https://wiki.math.uzh.ch/public/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/animatedusage.gif)

### command line

For more advanced user, 'scrot' is a command line tool that takes screenshot of either fullscreen, current window or selection area. You can bind this command to the printscreen key if you visit `System > Hardware > Keyboard Shortcut` and scroll down to the custom keybinds. There you will see the Printscreen function and can edit it to execute one of those:

```

# Create a screenshot of the entire screen in your home directory with a datetime stamp
scrot ~/%y%m%d_%H%M.png

# Create a screenshot of the current window in your home directory
scrot -ub ~/%y%m%d_%H%M.png

# Opens a selection tool to select the area to screenshot
scrot -s ~/%y%m%d_%H%M.png

```

For advanced info on scrot type `man scrot` in a terminal.

## Workflow to put images to the Wiki

- Activate the window to take screenshot of (left mouse click inside window).
- Press `Alt + Print Screen`
- Save it. 
    - Default destination is your 'Desktop'. If you already have a file called 'Screenshot.png' there, a number will be appended to the filename.
- Wiki: 
    - Log into the wiki homepage.
    - Select the desired page (**view**, not edit!!!).
    - Click on `Attach File` (bottom of the page).
    - In `File to uplaod` select the file and press `Upload`.
    - Copy the command `screenshot.png` to the clipboard.
    - Edit the page: choose **Text mode** not 'GUI Mode'!
    - Insert the command `screenshot.png`. Replace `<a href="%20with%20{{%20and%20"></a>` with `{{` and `` with `}}`
    - Save the work.