Print-screen button does not work when you open the menu!

[Adrián]

To reproduce:
1. click on the sound menu.
2. Press the print-screen.

Result:
There will be no screenshot!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: gnome-screenshot 3.3.2-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-14.23-generic 3.2.3
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 6 23:30:12 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20111129.1)
SourcePackage: gnome-screenshot
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-27 (10 days ago)

[Tobias Wolf (towolf)]

This is a very old problem. Open menus grab the keyboard and prevent taking screenshots triggered via the keyboard.

The proposed fix is to implement Xinput GrabOverrides. But that is some way out still

[Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)]

Workaround: to take screenshots with opened menus, use the countdown feature: Open Screenshot app > "Capture after a delay of NN seconds".

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Christopher Kyle Horton (christhehorton)]

This looks like a duplicate of Bug #29894.