← Back to context Comment by vel0city 4 days ago Win+Shift+S. It launches the snipping tool. Its been a feature for over a decade. 2 comments vel0city Reply isaacdl 4 days ago FWIW, my print screen button does exactly the same thing, literally; it's opening the snipping tool in "select a region to screenshot" mode.This is a setting in Snipping Tool (called "Use the Print screen key to open Snipping Tool").When I encounter this bug, Win-Shift-S behaves identically (i.e. doesn't work). dessimus 4 days ago Especially since it can open with selecting the area to screenshot and not have to manually crop it in Paint or be sending a 4K image to someone.
isaacdl 4 days ago FWIW, my print screen button does exactly the same thing, literally; it's opening the snipping tool in "select a region to screenshot" mode.This is a setting in Snipping Tool (called "Use the Print screen key to open Snipping Tool").When I encounter this bug, Win-Shift-S behaves identically (i.e. doesn't work).
dessimus 4 days ago Especially since it can open with selecting the area to screenshot and not have to manually crop it in Paint or be sending a 4K image to someone.
FWIW, my print screen button does exactly the same thing, literally; it's opening the snipping tool in "select a region to screenshot" mode.
This is a setting in Snipping Tool (called "Use the Print screen key to open Snipping Tool").
When I encounter this bug, Win-Shift-S behaves identically (i.e. doesn't work).
Especially since it can open with selecting the area to screenshot and not have to manually crop it in Paint or be sending a 4K image to someone.