Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.1) Installed from: SuSE RPMs OS: Linux Long story short: Printscreening should ask "You took a screenshot. [Save]/[Send to buddy]/[Discard]". Long story long: How to reproduce: Press your printscreen shortcut for either the whole screen or the active window only. Observed behavior: -From the viewpoint of most people: nothing. -From my übergeek viewpoint: 1. a pixmap is copied to the clipboard 2. I open Krita, 3. choose "empty document", 4. click OK, 6. depending of what I shot I either recall my screen dimensions from the dark depths of my memory OR use KRuler and KMagnifier to see exactly how big was the window I shot, 7. enter height, 8. enter width, 7. click OK, 8. paste, 9. save as, 10. enter "filename.png", 11. click OK, (...and if I want to show it to someone...) 12. open Kopete/KMail, 13. go through the necessary steps for sending the file. Expected behavior: Show a dialog box with "You took a screenshot." in it and with "Save", "Send to buddy" and "Discard" buttons.
Oops, messed up the step numeration a bit.
Use ksnapshot. PrintScreen's behaviour is what is intended: take a screenshot and copy to the clipboard.
But why is this what is intended? I think "what is intended" is equivalent to "what is user-friendly". And silently copying to the clipboard isn't user-friendly, because a newbie would just think that the thing doesn't work.
Why would a newbie be pressing PrintScreen anyways? If a newbie doesn't know PrintScreen takes a screenshot, he won't be bothered by it. However, if it showed a dialog when you pressed, it would be annoying.