Try using a timer
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This is what I do, I can't speak for Mint's screenshot tool, but Spectacle for KDE will indeed freeze the whole screen after a set timer - allowing you to open context menus and whatnot. Then on the "frozen" image you can highlight only a specific section of the screen to screenshot, make annotations, etc.
Spectacle is one of the things I miss the most every time I try out GNOME again for a bit.
With the MATE screenshot tool, you can set a timer and set it to either capture the active window or the whole desktop. It will capture context menus when using the timer.
Why did this not come to my head. My idea was to use video capture card, connect that to another computer or phone, set screens to mirror and then take snapshot of the video.
Work harder, not smarter.
Timer doesn't work with an area, but works well for the whole screen
Ya use gimp, the old standby for impossible screenshots
Testing on my own computer, one workaround appears to be to use unmodified PrintScreen, leaving a hand free for the mouse, and quickly right-click for the context menu after the keypress but before the Save pop-up appears.
A PITA to be sure, but it does capture the context menu.
As for cropping down a full-screen capture, I tend to use PhotoFlare for jobs like that (find it in Software Manager) assuming you haven't anything else installed that does the job.
Don't know which screenshot program you use but it probably has a timer option. You can capture open menus after setting a timer.
I tried that and it works perfectly.
But it is kind of a crappy work around for a basic function.
Thanks for the replies, on my work computer (Win 10) screenshot "just works" to capture an area with no change to the screen.
For years the built-in tools for print screen on Liunx was far superior to Windows, but this seems backwards now.
I'm very happy with the gnome3 screenshot stuff, it's basically the same as the win10 hotkey.
Screen record a video of the process? Then you'll have a video guide, plus you can take screenshots of the video for a written guide.
Brother, the shortcut is just Shift + PrintScreen, idk where the Control came from.
Ctrl copies it to the clipboard...
ohhh, i didn't know that. I have never used the clipboard, whats the difference between getting the image from file and the using the clipboard.
Paste into stuff, no extra file created