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mustbeit

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Registered: 2024-08-05

Posts: 17

xfce4-screenshooter how to change default file name & formats

OS: Manjaro XFCE, latest updates.

Hello,

Concerning xfce4-screenshooter:

Is it possible to change the default file name format?

By default I have:
"Capture d’écran_%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S.png"

I wish at least
"Capture d’écran_%Y-%m-%d %H%M%S.webp"

However, running in Terminal:

xfce4-screenshooter -f -s "/home/$USER/Images/Capture d’écran_$(date +%Y-%m-%d' '%H%M%S).webp"

does the job for fullscreen shots

Of course I could change the default keyboard shortcuts using xfce4-keyboard-settings, but I though it ought to be in the preferences of xfce4-screenshooter.
As it requires 3 changes:
fullscreen,
window,
rectangle area
and what about if you want to save in another folder, esp. for a specific task/project.

Thanks

REF:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/question … e-template

Last edited by mustbeit (2025-06-03 15:41:46)

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 12,016

Re: xfce4-screenshooter how to change default file name & formats

Unfortunately, its hard-coded.

If you set:

TIMESTAMP=false

...in ~/.config/xfce4/xfce4-screenshooter, it will save the file without the timestamp. Not sure if that helps or not though.

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mustbeit

Member

Registered: 2024-08-05

Posts: 17

Re: xfce4-screenshooter how to change default file name & formats

Interesting:
~/.config/xfce4/xfce4-screenshooter

ought to be added in https://docs.xfce.org/apps/xfce4-screenshooter/usage

Unfortunately, its hard-coded.

Could use ~/.config/xfce4/xfce4-screenshooter as a config file with a new param:
save_filename_format=myScreenshot_%Y-%m-%d' '%H%M%S.webp
=> bug as new feature?