The Print Screen button on Windows computers has been associated with screen capture for decades. A new beta version of Windows 11 now opens the Snipping Tool when the Print Screen button is used.

Microsoft is planning a change to the default function of the Print Screen button for Windows 11 users. Typically, pressing the button sends a snapshot of what's on your monitor to the clipboard. In ...

Windows 11 has modernized many Windows features that haven't been updated in a long time, including venerable apps like Notepad and Sound Recorder. But in a beta build released earlier this month, the ...

The 'Print screen" button has a place on almost every keyboard in the world. But how useful is it on Windows? Not very—an image of your entire screen is rarely the best way to save something in the ...

Microsoft is testing changes to how the print screen button works in Windows 11, causing it to open the Windows Snipping Tool rather than copying a screenshot to the clipboard. Since Windows 95, ...

You should use the Win+PrtScrn shortcut to capture the entire screen and the Alt+PrtScrn key combination to take screenshots of the active window and copy it to the clipboard. The Snipping Tool lets ...

Screenshots are nothing short of a lifesaver, especially when it comes to capturing and sharing on-screen content quickly and efficiently. Screenshots, or as some like to call them screengrabs, save ...

Using the Print Screen Key and pasting the captured screenshot still works in Windows 11, but you have other options that are easier and more convenient. I've been testing PC and mobile software for ...

Shift-⌘-4: then spacebar: Click on a window or menu to capture exactly that region, and nothing in the background Shift-⌘-5: Show a HUD with the full set of options, including screen recording. In ...