I'm experiencing the same issue. I've reported the bug as instructed, the following is the link to the bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768643
** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #768643 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=768643 -- 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/1446650 Title: gnome-screenshot does not save --file when called with --clipboard option Status in gnome-screenshot package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Dear developers, I tried both options --file and --clipboard individually and they just work. user@host ~/ $ gnome-screenshot --area --file=/home/user/Desktop/Screenshot_1.png user@host ~/ $ gnome-screenshot --area --clipboard However running gnome-screenshot with both options does not work as intended, i.e. make a copy to the clipboard AND store a copy on my desktop or in a Screenshot folder for later reference. I am used to this behaviour from the LightScreen app. user@host ~/ $ gnome-screenshot --area --file=/home/user/Desktop/Screenshot_1.png --clipboard I guess the problem is with the following peace of code from gnome- screenshot-3.16.0/src/screenshot-application.c if (screenshot_config->copy_to_clipboard) { screenshot_save_to_clipboard (self); screenshot_play_sound_effect ("screen-capture", _("Screenshot taken")); g_application_release (G_APPLICATION (self)); return; } It obviously does a g_application_release and return before actually saving the image to file. Suggested fix is to move this code block after the block saving the image to make it work. Kind regards, Stefan To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screenshot/+bug/1446650/+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