Fedora Flameshot

We don’t use flameshot because it doesn’t support wayland well.


# install flameshot
flatpak install flathub org.flameshot.Flameshot
 
sudo dnf install -y grim slurp xdg-desktop-portal-wlr
 
flatpak run org.flameshot.Flameshot
 
# https://flameshot.org/docs/guide/wayland-help/#gnome-shortcut-does-not-trigger-flameshot
# install script
sudo dnf install -y script
 
# in settings remove default prt sc and
# set this as the customize shortcut of the key prtsc
script --command "flameshot gui" /dev/null

start flameshot, open configuration, in General check Use grim to capture screenshots

config flameshot for niri

add these to ~/.config/niri/config.kdl


    Print { 
        spawn "script" "--command" "XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway flameshot gui" "/dev/null";
    }

"XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway flameshot gui" is important for script to receive correct number of arguments
If flameshot window already opened, press print will feel nothing changed
If press print in a fullscreen window, the flameshot window might created beside current window