SNIPPING TOOL NOT SAVING WINDOWS

Going back to Unity fixed this as it was in 17.04. Also, Gnome-based environment looked very sluggish when compared to that of Unity. Tried so many things and looked around in the internet to get rid of it. You can also get a screenshot using the Print Screen key on the keyboard.

Ive used this many times (for instance, when I need to use a different font on Quora) and have never had a problem. You will find the Snipping Tool in the search results. You could also select your Start button and type snipping tool.

Here you will find the Snipping Tool with the unmistakable Scissor and Red Oval icon.

SNIPPING TOOL NOT SAVING WINDOWS

So, I really wanted to get the 17.04 Unity look and feel back along with all the Unity panel operations, etc, so I removed Gnome-* specific stuff, installed Unity - desktop, session, greeter, lightdm, indicator-sound, unity-control-center, reinstalled graphics drivers(Nvidia in my case), with couple of attempts(reboot, etc), I got everything back like the old 17.04 had including the screenshot/clipboard copying, etc.Īlso, I didn't want the big central sound level indicator that appears at the bottom of the screen masking the screen whenever I increased/decreased/muted volume either using the multimedia keys or using the mouse scroll wheel over the top bar sound icon. Left-click and drag the scissors over the area you would like to snip. Answer (1 of 17): Its possible that it appears blurry while youre in the process of snipping but clears up when you save or paste it. To check whether you have the snipping tool, open your Start Menu and navigate over to All Apps and then Windows Accessories. Now, after having upgraded to 17.10, the whole look and feel Gnome-change, and what not, it became a major inconvenience and felt a lot like out of the place. I wanted this as well that was with the good old Unity. Rectangular Snip Captures a specific portion (rectangular area) on. You can draw any shape around an object with your finger, mouse, or tablet pen. This tool offers you 4 screen capture choices: Free-form Snip Captures the area you draw, can be an irregular shape. This along with so many other things have made life uneasy for the ones comfortable with the Unity-ish features which provided the above. Type snipping tool select Snipping Tool from the results. When your capture is already open in the Snipping Tool, click Edit on the menu bar. Here, uncheck the option namely Include URL below snips (HTML only). In the Gnome-* environment that 17.10 has, it looks like (shift+printscrn) or just (printscrn) automatically saves in the default folder(Pictures or so) without giving an option to just copy to clipboard(and discard the file without saving it) and/or save it in whatever location needed. Click the Options button in the interface of the Snipping Tool.

Snipping tool not saving