The problem : * when taking a big series of screenshot ( ex : tutorial/ documentation ) it's very long to press 'Save-As' and naming + choosing extension every time. Too bad ... workflow of Ksnapshot is really slow compare to other solutions in other D.E. Proposition to solve ( open to debate ) : * The addition on the Ksnapshot windows of an 'autosave' button , doing this default behavior : 1. Save as *.png , high compression 2. Save auto in /home/<username>/ or a standard path by default ( aka: image folder, or documents ). 3. Save with a easy name pattern : YYYYMMDD_screenshot_XX ( Y=Year / M=Month / D=Day / X=Incremental numeric ) , user get for example for today : 20130902_screenshot_01.png 20130902_screenshot_02.png 20130902_screenshot_03.png ...etc...
I don't know why such an (IMHO) essential functionality is still missing in ksnapshot, but maybe the following minimal approach will help to get this feature: Just add an option to save every screenshot in a file named "~/Screenshots/YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.ext" in a (not user changeable) format.
Looking at the source of ksnapshot-4.14.3, I found the undocumented feature: Pressing "Q" generates a new file name and saves the screenshot without opening the save dialog.
Wow, that's really hidden. Thanks for the feedback on this tip Katz.
Wow `q` is quite helpful. I would still highly recommend exposing and expanding this shortcut so that we can have screenshot shortcuts like in GNOME. PrtSc - Take a screenshot. Alt+PrtSc - Take a screenshot of a window. Shift+PrtSc - Take a screenshot of an area of the screen. The pointer changes to a crosshair. Click and drag to select an area. Simply pressing PrtSc flashes screen, takes a fullscreen screenshot and saves it in your screenshot directory.
Hello! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this project has been unmaintained for many years and I will be closing this bug. Spectacle is the replacement for ksnapshot now. Please test again and file a new bug for Spectacle if you still have issues. Thank you!