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I set a shortcut for taking a screenshot of an area (gnome-screenshot -a) but whenever I press it it's an annoying game of cat and mouse to get the cross-hatch which lets you select the area to show up. When I just press the shortcut once the cross-hatch doesn't show up so I have to hold it down and watch the cursor flick between an arrow and the cross intermittently. When I stop holding it down it's no guarantee I "land" on the cross-hatch. It's a pain in the ass. How do I get it to respond correctly? This is a bit hard to explain, sorry.

Using GNOME 3 on Debian Jessie.

I set the shortcut made with GNOME (system settings, keyboard, shortcuts, custom shortcuts)

Stephen Kitt
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As meuh said in the (answering) comment: You can use Shift+PrintScreen as mentioned in this answer. It's confirmed to work under gnome3, debian jessie, by the OP.

If you had MATE instead, the OP commented, that you would use function+printscreen instead.

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