# Xfce4 Screenshooter

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2008
2009
Jérôme Guelfucci
2009
Sam Swift

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Jérôme
Guelfucci

    jeromeg@xfce.org

Sam
Swift

    renmush@gmail.com

Ésti manual describe la versión 1.7.9 de Xfce4 Screenshooter.

## Introducción a Xfce4 Screenshooter

This application allows you to capture the entire screen, the active window or a selected region. You can set the delay that elapses before the screenshot is taken and the action to be performed afterwards: save the screenshot to a PNG file, copy it to the clipboard, open it using another application, or host it on ZimageZ, a free online image hosting service.

También ta disponible un complementu pal panel de XFCE.

## Usando l'aplicación

### A traviés de la interface d'usuariu

Pa entamar l'aplicación, use l'elementu "Captura de pantalla" de la categoría "Accesorios" del menú principal de Xfce.

Amosaráse ésta pantalla:

La ventana de Xfce4 Screenshooter

#### Rexón a capturar

The "Region to capture" section allows you to set what the screenshot will be taken of:

- "Toda la pantalla" toma una captura de toda pantalla como la vemos.
- "Active window" takes a screenshot of the active window. This will be the one that was active before this dialog appeared, or if you set a delay, the one that is active after the delay.
- "Select a region" allows you to select a region to be captured by clicking and dragging a rectangle over the area of screen that you wish to capture, before releasing the mouse button.

#### Capturing the pointer

The "Capture the mouse pointer" option allows you to select whether or not the screenshot will include the mouse pointer.

#### Allanciu enantes de capturar

The "Delay before capturing" section allows you to set the delay that will elapse between pressing the "OK" button and screenshot being taken. This delay will allow you to open menus or to perform whatever action you require to see displayed in the screenshot.

### Dempués de capturar

After pressing the "OK" button a second window will be displayed:

The window of Xfce4 Screenshooter after taking a screenshot

#### Preview

The "Preview" section displays a thumbnail of the screenshot.

#### Aición

The "Action" section allows you to choose what should be performed on the screenshot.

##### Save

The "Save" option will save the screenshot to a PNG file. A save dialog will be displayed. You will be able to set the save location, and the name of the file.

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##### Copiar al cartafueyu

The "Copy to the clipboard" option allows you to paste the screenshot in another application, such as a word processor. This option is only available when a clipboard manager is running.

##### Abrir con

The "Open with" option saves the screenshot to the system's temporary directory and opens it with the application chosen from the drop-down list. Applications which support images are automatically detected and added to the drop-down list.

##### Agospiar en ZimageZ

La opción"Agospiar en ZimageZ"emphasis> perm

Dempués de calcar el botón"Aceutar" amosaráse ésti cuadru de diálogu:

El cuadru de diálogu p'agospiar una captura de pantalla en ZimageZ

Si nun tien un nome d'usuariu en ZimageZ, tendrá que criar ún nel sitiu web de ZimageZ. Delles llingües tán disponibles nesti sitiu web, vusté puede camudales nel menú de la drecha. Vusté tien de enllenar tolos campos d'ésti cuadru de diálogu. Una vegada que fai clic nel botón"Aceutar"emphasis> aniciar

Darréu, el cuadru de diálogu apurrirá-y los enllaces a la captura de pantalla a tamañu completu, a la miniatura grande, a les miniatures pequeñes, asina como exemplos de HTML y BBCode pa criar una imaxe en miniatura qu'apunta a la captura de pantalla a tamañu completu:

El cuadru de diálogu apúrre-y los enllaces a la so captura en ZimageZ

### A traviés de llinia de comandos

Command line options allow you to take screenshots quickly. They also allow you to configure the Print Screen key on the upper right of most keyboards so that it takes screenshots. To do so, configure the key-bindings of your desktop environment so that it launches xfce4-screenshooter with one or several of the following options when the Prt Scrn key is pressed.

#### Opciones de llinia de comandos

##### La opción -w

La opción -wemphasis> perm

##### La opción -f

La opción -femphasis> perm

##### La opción -r

The -r option allows you to select a region to be captured by clicking and dragging a rectangle over the area of screen that you wish to capture, before releasing the mouse button.

##### La opción -d

The -d option followed by a positive integer allows you to set the delay before taking the screenshot when the -w, the -f or the -r option is given.

##### La opción -s

The -s option followed by the path to an existing folder allows you to set where the screenshots are saved. This option only has an effect if the -w, the -f or the -r option is given.

##### La opción -o

If the -o option is given, followed by an application name, the screenshot will be saved to the system's temporary directory and opened with the application whose name is to be given after -o. This option only has an effect if the -w, the -f or the -r option is given.

##### La opción -u

If the -u option is given, the screenshot will be hosted on ZimageZ. See above for more details. This option only has an effect if the -w, the -f or the -r option is given.

## Using the Xfce panel plugin

### Amestando'l complementu

P'amestar el complementu pal panel, fai clic drechu nel panel y escueyi "Amestar nuevu elementu". Escueyi'l complementu denomáu "Captura de pantalla", y amiéstalu.

### Configuring the plugin

You can configure how screenshots are taken by right clicking on the plugin and selecting "Properties". A preferences dialog similar to the dialog of the main application will appear. Please have a look above for the different preferences.

### Usando'l complementu

To take a screenshot, just click on the plugin. You can use the scroll wheel on the plugin button to switch between the different regions to be captured.