# Shortcut for screen shot applet

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/shortcut-for-screen-shot-applet/2786>\
**Category:** Budgie Applets\
**Created:** [December 7, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/shortcut-for-screen-shot-applet/2786 "2019-12-07T15:24:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Yase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9dc877/32.png) [@Yase](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Yase)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/shortcut-for-screen-shot-applet/2786/1 "2019-12-07T15:24:53Z")

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Hello  
so after installing screenshot applet i find it really great to use , so i wanna use a shortcut for it , is there anyway to do that ?! for example a given command for custom shortcut !  
ty in advance ^^

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/shortcut-for-screen-shot-applet/2786/2 "2019-12-07T16:20:40Z")

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I looked at the authors issue tracker

> <https://github.com/cybre/budgie-screenshot-applet/issues/24>
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> It would be really nice if it was possible to take screenshots using hotkeys.
> Screencloud has such a feature where you can...

So, no its it possible … currently. But to be honest it wouldn’t be that hard to introduce a bit of code that will listen out for a keyboard shortcut. Would be an easy thing for anyone interested in modifying the project codebase.

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**Author:** ![Yase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9dc877/32.png) [@Yase](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Yase)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/shortcut-for-screen-shot-applet/2786/3 "2019-12-07T16:33:01Z")

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i hope it can be available soon , really it’s disappointing not having this small feature , but this applet is pretty neat , i can live with it’s current state for now ^^  
ty for replying @fossfreedom 🙂