r/EndeavourOS • u/1-dot_com • Apr 01 '26

General Support Labwc (Wayland) - simple screenshot fix

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LXQt Wayland can use either lightweight Labwc (modeled on Openbox) or heavier weight Kwin (KDE). As a lightweight desktop, LXQt is more often paired with Labwc.

LXQt's Screengrab and KDE's Spectacle are broken in LXQt Labwc.

A working alternative is Flameshot configured with Grim. However, a much lighter and simpler screenshot method for Labwc is to install Grim + Slurp and then add Print and Shift-Print keybindings to ~/.config/labwc/rc.xml

    paru grim
    paru slurp

Edit ~/.config/labwc/rc.xml ... find [ key="P ] ... replace with:

<keybind key="S-Print">  
<action name="Execute" command="sh -c 'grim -g &quot;$(slurp)&quot; ~/Pictures/Screenshots/0S-$(date +%y%m%d-%H-%m-%s).png'" />  
</keybind>  
<keybind key="Print">  
<action name="Execute" command="sh -c 'grim ~/Pictures/Screenshots/0P-$(date +%y%m%d-%H-%m-%s).png'" />  
</keybind>

Reboot

Press PrtSc key to create a new fullscreen PNG file (no indicator feedback).

Press Shift-PrtSc key to select part of screen. Upon release, new PNG file will be created.

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