Windows Print Screen

[jweingarten-rv]

Short summary
How do I make the Windows 11 PrintScreen keyboard shortcut work to take a screenshot?

Desired execution environment / tested on

• Virtual machine
• Docker container
• Dev/Host system

node version:
v.22.13.0

OS type and version:
Windows

Full code sample related to question

1. Execute the below code

'use strict';

const {keyboard, Key, } = require("@nut-tree/nut-js");



const main = async () => {
    
   await keyboard.type(Key.LeftSuper, Key.Print);

};



main();

2. Try to paste into Microsoft Paint.
   Nothing seems to be in the Clipboard at this point.

Detailed question

Not sure what I am doing wrong, but I tried all kinds of combinations of LeftWin or LeftSuper with Print or even just Print and I don't seem to get a screenshot either saved to disk or clipboard.

My goal in the test on Windows is to

• take a screenshot of the current screen
• paste the screenshot, that is in the clipboard now, into my application under test

[s1hofmann]

Hi @jweingarten-rv 👋

I’ll have a look!

[s1hofmann]

Hi @jweingarten-rv 👋

I can confirm your issue.
It seems to be caused by the event generation inserting the event at a higher level, causing the screenshot trigger not to react to it.

I implemented a workaround for this case and confirmed the fix myself, I'll release a snapshot for you to test soon.

Best regards

Simon

[s1hofmann]

Hi @jweingarten-rv 👋

there are new snapshots to test the fix:

npm i @nut-tree/nut-js@next

and/or

npm i @nut-tree/bolt@next

[jweingarten-rv]

Fix confirmed in npm i @nut-tree/nut-js@next . Sorry for the delay.