News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Windows GUI – Good, Bad and Pretty Ugly (2023). Parent comment

Re:Windows GUI – Good, Bad and Pretty Ugly (2023) by vel0city on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @10:46AM (#46046910)
Win+Shift+S. It launches the snipping tool. Its been a feature for over a decade.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Windows GUI – Good, Bad and Pretty Ugly (2023) by dessimus on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @11:18AM (#46047301)
Especially since it can open with selecting the area to screenshot and not have to manually crop it in Paint or be sending a 4K image to someone.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Windows GUI – Good, Bad and Pretty Ugly (2023) by isaacdl on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @01:27PM (#46048953)
FWIW, my print screen button does exactly the same thing, literally; it's opening the snipping tool in "select a region to screenshot" mode.

This is a setting in Snipping Tool (called "Use the Print screen key to open Snipping Tool").

When I encounter this bug, Win-Shift-S behaves identically (i.e. doesn't work).

[ Parent | on HN ]