# Budgie Screenshot Limitations

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-screenshot-limitations/8450>\
**Category:** Budgie Desktop\
**Created:** [October 30, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-screenshot-limitations/8450 "2025-10-30T01:19:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Laarikin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6de8d8/32.png) [@Laarikin](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Laarikin)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-screenshot-limitations/8450/1 "2025-10-30T01:19:38Z")

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So, I often need to take a lot of screenshots of my desktop quickly and share them elsewhere for troubleshooting or guidance, whatever. I’ve been using Budgie Screenshot, and so far it works but I wish it would work a bit better and I was curious, if the things I want it to do are possible.

1. Make Budgie Screenshot copy an image I’ve taken to my clipboard automatically without having a window pop-up every single time to ask if I want to do that. I’d rather a notification come up, and if i want to do something different with the image, I could open the window through that notification.
2. Allow Budgie Screenshot to activate in fullscreen applications, and take pictures of system windows. For example, I wanted to take a picture of the settings I am offered when I right click on my Desktop, but I literally cannot do so. Or I wanted to take a screenshot of a game, but couldn’t (I use region capture I forgot to mention) without tabbing out of the game entirely… which in turn I can’t get a screenshot lol.

Are either of these possible to make the program do, or am I better off just finding an alternative altogether? I was using GPU Screen Recorder which I like a lot, but was having issues with the auto-copying of images I take, I believe to a Flatpak limitation, not 100% certain.

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**Author:** ![Laarikin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6de8d8/32.png) [@Laarikin](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Laarikin)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-screenshot-limitations/8450/2 "2025-10-31T16:01:02Z")

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I managed to get GPU Screen Recorder to work in this way. Considering I haven’t received any responses (yet), nor do I see any settings available. I will assume that Budgie Screenshot just isn’t capable of these things (yet).

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**Author:** ![jlb](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/jlb/32/4919_2.png) [@jlb](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/jlb)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/budgie-screenshot-limitations/8450/3 "2025-11-01T05:49:37Z")

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You’re probably right (for now), @Laarikin.

Regarding point #1, I could have told you that I know of a distribution that offers this feature, but I censored myself. 😷

As for point #2, the problem seems to me to be related to editing the desktop settings rather than Budgie Screenshot.  
But there is a workaround that allows you to do what you want, even with “Area” mode:

 ![countdown](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/c/cb78c1ad318ad155aa8cfb83b6aa94c242124b8d.png)

You need to launch “Budgie Screenshot” with “Count Down” applet, setting it to a delay long enough to unfold the options you want to show, even on the desktop:

Count Down \> Run command: `org.buddiesofbudgie.BudgieScreenshot -i`