Description of problem: after adding gnome-screenshot to Cinnamon DE, am unable to take a delayed *selection* to take a snap shot of the application menu. it triggers immediately. *screen* and *window* options act as expected - delay occurs Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gnome-screenshot-41.0-2.mga9.x86_64 How reproducible:every time Steps to Reproduce: 1.try to take a delayed screenshot of Application Menu 2. 3.
"to take a snap shot of the application menu" I think the problem lies here. I have just tried this application with a delay of 5 seconds, both under LXDE & now Cinnamon. It does work, generally: set the timeout, during which you select the area. The moment the selection has been made, it disappears, so you can think it has been lost; but in due course, it pops up to save. That works. Screenshotting any menu I have never cracked, because the moment you click anywhere the menu disappears, or the screenshot chosen abandons. But playing with this, I *have* found out how to screenshot the Cinnamon menu (at least) during a delay - the only way to do so: - gnome-screenshot displayed, Selection, Delay 6 secs (say). - The secret is to note *beforehand* the screen area you want to capture - that occupied by the menu. - Take Screenshot - The entire screen is blued, select the area in question. When you release the mouse button, the screen clears and the selection apparently disappears, but does not! - Quickly raise the menu and wait. - At the timeout, it will be screenshot. Live & learn! Follows an example.
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Created attachment 13426 [details] Cinnamon menu captured by gnome-screenshot using Delay As per previous comment.
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I am more familiar with what is now *spectacle* when using the mouse to select a region: set the timer delay. press the *take a new snapshot* button. open any window or menu, image... etc. wait for the timer. select the region. press *enter* to take the new snapshot. this works very differently from gnome-screenshot with the selection and timer function when you need to snapshot a menu. agree that the method you describe works.
And my preferred screenshotter Flameshot is doubtless different again, though finding its 'delay' function is not evident (right-click its Systray icon, I think). It is screenshotting *menus* that is particularly difficult, because they disappear at the slightest touch. If you cracked this with Spectacle, please describe how. There is a similar sort of problem when wanting to screenshot something that only happens 'under the cursor'. Anyhow, we have both learned something!