Screenshot of Alt+Tab in GNOME

ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY zamb at saudi.net.sa
Fri Aug 19 20:44:33 UTC 2005


On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 14:55 -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> I'd like to be able to show some people what happens under
> GNOME when you hit Alt+Tab. So I want to hit Alt+Tab to
> bring up the task switcher, then press PrtSc to take a
> screenshot. But this seems impossible: GNOME thinks I'm
> pressing Alt+Tab+PrtSc, which isn't mapped to an action, and
> it just closes the task switcher without taking a
> screenshot.
> 
> Does anyone know how to do what I want to do?
> 
Use "The GIMP".  From "File" --> "Acquire" --> "Screen Shot..." and set
the time to two or three seconds and do and hold "ALT+TAB" and wait.

Ziyad.





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