This annoys me greatly also. FYI, I believe this pertains to "Non-interactive mode" - that is, I pressed Print Screen without specifically opening the GUI.
Background: The UX expectation (from Windows) is that Print Screen simply places the screenshot into the clipboard. When Print Screen is pressed again, the previous clipboard is overwritten. A very tidy, fast UX flow. Opinion: By not directly copying to the clipboard, the user must locate the Screenshot GUI and press "copy to clipboard" - irritating, but I suppose that's a matter of opinion. I'd suggest that by pressing Print Screen, I intentionally avoided the GUI - I don't want it. BUG: However, if the GUI is already open, it DOES NOT refresh when I press Print Screen again. The Print Screen button is effectively disabled once the GUI is open. I have to find and close the GUI first. This behavior seems BUG worthy. This is especially irritating when the GUI is open on some other workspace, and Print Screen fails silently. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-screenshot in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1130717 Title: Must exit screenshot app to take another one Status in gnome-screenshot package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Not sure if this is really a bug, but it surely irritates me. Whenever I take a screenshot (printscreen) the Screenshot app fires up. I then copy the screenshot to my clipboard, open up gimp and do whatever i need to. After that, if I need another screenshot. I press printscreen again. This time nothing happens. I have to manually quit the Screenshot app, and printscreen it again. I would prefer the printscreen button to override the existing printscreen, regardless of whether the screenshot app is running. Regards, Rob ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity 5.18.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-37.58-generic 3.2.35 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-37-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] Date: Wed Feb 20 16:13:49 2013 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1) MarkForUpload: TrueSourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screenshot/+bug/1130717/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp