Using
This chapter describes the use of for capturing screen images.

Starting
may be started by one of several ways as described below.
You may start by selecting it from the Graphics submenu of the panel.
You may start by entering the following at the command prompt:

% ksnapshot &

The mini command line (invoked with F2) may also be used to start
Once starts, you will see a window like the following:
Preview Window

Taking A Snapshot
grabs an image of your entire desktop immediately after it is started, but before it displays itself on screen. This allows you to quickly create full-desktop screenshot images.
The snapshot taken by is displayed in the preview window, which is located in the upper center of the application window. Below is an example of the preview window from . Your preview will differ depending on what you have displayed on the desktop.
Preview Window
The snapshot displayed may be saved immediately by clicking on the Save button. The filename that the snapshot will be saved under appears in the Filename: box. If multiple snapshots are taken, the filename is automatically incremented to prevent you from overwriting previous snapshots. You may however edit the filename to anything you wish, including the name of a previously saved snapshot.
To take a snapshot of a single window, enable the Only grab the window containing the pointer and then click with the left mouse button in the window you wish to capture. will display the new snapshot in the preview area, at which time you can choose to save the new image (by pressing the Save) or to grab a new one, by pressing the Grab button. This is 's default behavior.
To take a new snapshot of the entire desktop, uncheck the Only grab the window containing the pointer option. will now capture the entire desktop if you press Grab.

Additional Features

Delay
The Delay: box allows you to enter an arbitrary time delay, in seconds, between the time that you press the Grab button and the time that the snapshot is taken.
When a delay time has been set, you do not have to click the mouse button to capture a screenshot. This enables you to open a drop down menu, and take a picture of it.

Buttons
There are two further buttons located at the bottom of the window. There function is described below.
Help 	Activates the online manual for .
Close 	Closes the application.