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hyprshot — Screenshot utility for the Hyprland Wayland compositor. More information: <https://github.com/Gustas

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Problem

How to use the hyprshot command: Screenshot utility for the Hyprland Wayland compositor. More information: <https://github.com/Gustash/Hyprshot>.

Solution

hyprshot — Screenshot utility for the Hyprland Wayland compositor. More information: <https://github.com/Gustash/Hyprshot>.

Select and take a screenshot of a region:

hyprshot {{[-m|--mode]}} region

Select and take a screenshot of a specific window:

hyprshot {{[-m|--mode]}} window

Select and take a screenshot of a specific output:

hyprshot {{[-m|--mode]}} output

Take a screenshot of the currently active window:

hyprshot {{[-m|--mode]}} active {{[-m|--mode]}} window

Freeze the screen and take a screenshot of the selected region:

hyprshot {{[-z|--freeze]}} {{[-m|--mode]}} region

Select and take a screenshot of a specific window, saving to the given output directory:

hyprshot {{[-o|--output-folder]}} {{path/to/directory}} {{[-m|--mode]}} window

Select and take a screenshot of a specific output, saving the screenshot to the clipboard only:

hyprshot --clipboard {{[-m|--mode]}} output

Code Snippets

Select and take a screenshot of a region

hyprshot {{[-m|--mode]}} region

Select and take a screenshot of a specific window

hyprshot {{[-m|--mode]}} window

Select and take a screenshot of a specific output

hyprshot {{[-m|--mode]}} output

Take a screenshot of the currently active window

hyprshot {{[-m|--mode]}} active {{[-m|--mode]}} window

Freeze the screen and take a screenshot of the selected region

hyprshot {{[-z|--freeze]}} {{[-m|--mode]}} region

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