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I am trying to use xfce-screenshooter to take screenshot and save it to clipboard. Like this:
xfce4-screenshooter --region --clipboard
but when I try to paste it, there is no image. Thought it was caused by xfce-screenshooter itself. But I tried also flameshot, lightscreen and gnome-screenshot and all of them have same problem.
How can I diagnose and fix this problem ?
Thank you for your help
I'm not sure if this counts as a solution since it seems like a bit of a workaround. However, it worked for me.
Instead of using xfce4-screenshooter's clipboard option directly, use a clipboard manager like xclip.
For example:
xfce4-screenshooter -rs /dev/stdout | xclip -selection clipboard -type image/png
At that point I think I would prefer to use maim, since usage like this is specifically outlined by its man page
The solution above is now outdated, due to -type option being replaced with -t.
Now, the command is:
xfce4-screenshooter -rs /dev/stdout | xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png
