Microsoft is changing the Print Screen key to open its Snipping Tool on Windows 11

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Link: Microsoft is changing the Print Screen key to open its Snipping Tool on Windows 11 - The Verge

 

Microsoft is getting ready to change how the Print Screen (Prt Scr) key works in Windows 11. For the first time in decades the default behavior will now open Microsoft’s own Snipping Tool instead of capturing an image of your entire screen and copying it to the Clipboard. Microsoft has started testing this change in recent beta builds of Windows 11.

 

While Windows 11 already has a setting to allow you to change Print Screen to open the Snipping Tool, Microsoft will set this as the default behavior in the upcoming KB5025310 update. If you have previously modified the option in Settings > Accessibility > Keyboard then Windows 11 will keep the setting you chose, but for many this will be switched over.

 

Print Screen has always been in need of an overhaul though, especially if you’re using a multi-monitor setup as it captures all screens unless you hold ALT + Print Screen to grab the active window instead. Many third-party apps have also attempted to intercept and use the button over the years. Microsoft’s own OneDrive tries to save screenshots made using Print Screen, Dropbox attempts to do the same thing, and apps like ShareX also default to using Print Screen to capture screenshots.

 

Microsoft’s choice to default Print Screen to its own Snipping Tool may surprise or anger some Windows 11 users, but it’s easy to switch the behavior back and IT admins should be able to control how this rolls out to machines in the coming months.

[jthompson]

I think they need to go further. The Print Screen key should also automatically save the image as a reduced sized image embedded in a Word document.

[andy_b]

I have mostly managed to get users to use win + shift + s now.

 

Helps avoid any "uncropping" revealing too much information

[DalekSec]

About to say i thought it had swapped over ages ago anyway...

 

Turns out that all our lenovo machines don't have a print screen button and instead have a snipping tool button

[bald_pig]

Link: Microsoft is changing the Print Screen key to open its Snipping Tool on Windows 11 - The Verge

Fantastic, used to set up greenshot to do this back in the Win7 days!

I think they need to go further. The Print Screen key should also automatically save the image as a reduced sized image embedded in a Word document.

You jest, but it's doable in greenshot!

[MartinT]

I've been using PrtSc like that for a long while now.

[Davit2005]

I actually find print screen is still useful sometimes and rather still have them separated, hope they make that possible as an option preference. Edited April 13, 2023 by Davit2005

[Miscbrah]

I actually find print screen is still useful sometimes and rather still have them separated, hope they make that possible as an option preference.

 

Yeah this indeed. Still find it very handy.

[MartinT]

I actually find print screen is still useful sometimes and rather still have them separated, hope they make that possible as an option preference.

 

You could just clip the whole screen

[andy_b]

You could just clip the whole screen

 

Or use the Fullscreen snip button

[DalekSec]

Go big or go home, use the camera on your phone, scan your phone on MFP, print off the scan and post it to whoever you need

[MartinT]

We still get helpdesk tickets with 'screenshots' taken from a phone.

[Davit2005]

You could just clip the whole screen

 

Unless I'm mistaken you cannot grab a screenshot of a drop down menu with snipping tool???

 

 

UPDATE: If you use the delay function it appears you can grab drop down menus, I'm sold :-)

Edited April 13, 2023 by Davit2005