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My problem is that taking a screenshot of a notification breaks the PrintScreen button.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Trigger one of those pop up notifications that appear at the top of the screen, e.g. by disconnecting from a Thunderbird server, browser notifications, etc.
  2. Hover the mouse on top of the notification and press Alt+PrintScreen, which normally captures a window.
  3. Nothing happens, and the PrintScreen button should now be unresponsive.

I am able to consistently reproduce this on my machine (Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS). The only way of fixing the button I could find is rebooting.

Is this a known bug? Is there a way to "reset" the PrintScreen button if it becomes unresponsive?

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I couldn't find a bug report about this issue in Launchpad, so you can file a new bug report against the gnome-screenshot package to let developers know about it. Read this question to know how to file a bug report: How do I report a bug?

When PrintScreen becomes unresponsive, restarting GNOME Shell will probably restore its functionality. To restart GNOME Shell press Alt+F2, type r, and hit Enter.

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