Posting a screenshot on the forum

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Posting a screenshot when describing a problem is sometimes helpful. To do this, set up the programs the way you want them to appear in the screenshot, then:

Creating a screenshot

Windows

  1. Press the Print Screen button on the keyboard, normally to the right of F12. Nothing will appear to happen.
  2. Open an image editing program such as Photoshop, MS Paint, Paint.NET, or The Gimp.
  3. Press Ctrl+V to paste the screenshot into the program.
  4. Edit the picture to highlight whatever you wish to point out. (draw a red arrow or something)
  5. Save the screenshot as a PNG.
  6. Close the image editing program.

To take a screenshot of a single window, focus the window, then hold Alt while pressing the Print Screen key. If you need even finer control use a screen capture program such as MWSnap or PicPick that let you specify any rectangular area.

Mac

  1. Press Cmd+Shift+4.
  2. Drag a rectangle around the item you want as a screenshot. A file called something like "Picture 1.png" will appear on your desktop.

To take a screenshot of a single window, press Spacebar after pressing Cmd+Shift+4, then click the window.

Linux

  1. Press the Print Screen key. A window will appear offering to save the screenshot as a PNG. You can hold down ALT to only capture the active window.

Uploading for general use

  1. Go to an image hosting site, for example http://tinypic.com/ , http://photobucket.com/ or http://imageshack.us/ and upload the file you saved.
  2. Select the code listed as "Forum Thumbnail", copy the code and paste it in the thread where you report your problem.

Uploading for use on Bugzilla

  1. Click the "Add an attachment" link in your bug report.

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