Unable to set prt sc as a shortcut for print screen [$80]

[KVG]

For the "Take Screenshot" action the shortcut was set to "Disabled" by default. If I press "prt sc" while setting the keyboard shortcut, the shortcut is again set as "disabled". Other shortcuts (ctrl+print, alt+print) are detected alright.

[Cassidy James Blaede (cassidyjames)]

Might this be since we're not shipping gnome-screenshot-tool?

[Francisco Fábio Menezes Cardoso (phabio)]

print screen doesn't work!

[Fabio Gomes (fabioxgn)]

For me the screenshot shortcuts aren't working at all, I tried to change the shortcuts but none of the shortcuts work, they just do nothing. It worked just fine in Freya.

[Lekteur (lekteur)]

have the same problem too, can't assign the prinscreen key if isn't combined with another key

[Joshua Baker (joshbaker90)]

I still have the same problem

[Danielle Foré (danrabbit)]

https://www.bountysource.com/issues/40094211-unable-to-set-prt-sc-as-a-shortcut-for-print-screen

[Tim (tnhunt)]

The proposed merge allows the Print Screen button to be used as a shortcut. Custom shortcuts using print Screen calling screenshot-tool now work fin.

But.. Without adding a custom shortcut the screenshot-tool still won't open.

The problem seems to be gnome-settings-daemon trying to use an undeclared dbus interface - logging the dbus session shows g-s-d sending Screenshot requests to org.gnome.Shell (owned by gala) and getting missing interface errors in return.

Fixes that spring to mind are:
Add the Screenshot commands the to the dbus service gala as it's already declaring org.gnome.Shell and a window manager seems as good as place as any for something which taking pictures of windows.
Making gnome-settings daemon use another dbus interface then writing a new dbus service somewhere... screenshot-tool?
Extract the org.gnome.Shell interface from gala into it's own/some other service?

Would like opinions & approval before going any further. The first is most straightforward tbh.

[Santiago (santileortiz)]

This branch implements part of the DBus interface that g-s-d is calling, is this the branch you are refering to? https://code.launchpad.net/~santileortiz/gala/fix-print-screen

[Tim (tnhunt)]

Ah, looks like you're way ahead of me. I was using the standard loki install of gala, hadn't even compiled a separate branch of gala, just seen the gala entries in the dbus logs. As you're already working on this I think I should stop working on it.

[Magnus Teekivi (teekivi)]

I have a similar issue, except the shortcuts are correctly set in System Settings and no PrintScr shortcut combination works.

[Peter Uithoven (p7ter)]

If I understand the table at the top of this page the fix to the Switchboard Keyboard Plug is released, which makes that possible, but the fix to Gala is isn't yet? It is proposed though?

[Santiago (santileortiz)]

It has already been merged, we are waiting for a new release of Gala so that it goes to users in an update.

[Fahad Ahammed (obak-krondon)]

Same problem in my:

Aspire-F5-572G
elementary OS 0.4.1 Loki