Overview

This is a utility program made to facilitate the process of taking screenshots in Windows.

Features

• Automatic updates
• Custom screenshot combination binding
• Extremly unobtrusive and easy to use
• Lightweight

Installation

1. Go to the releases section of this repository: https://github.com/meJevin/ScreenCropperCSharp/releases

2. Select the desired version and download the installer file (Setup.exe or Setup.msi)

3. Run the installer

After the installation is done you will see new a tray icon appear:

Upon first launch, the application will ask you whether you want to run it upon Windows stratup or not. You can change this setting later as needed.

Usage

All of the control so far will be done via the tray icon that Screen Cropper creates upon stratup.

Note: If you can't see the tray icon it may be hidden in the Windows tray menu.

Current combination

In order to start taking a screenshot you have to press a certain combination of keys on your keyboard.

By default, the combination is LCtrl + LAlt + C.

You can verify that by right clicking the tray icon and selecting Show combination

This combination can be overriden by right clicking the tray icon and selecting Change combination

Changing the combination

When changing your combination you will seee the following message:

Hold down the keys that you want your new combination to be and hit Enter.

Upon successful change, you will see the following message:

Taking a screenshot

When your current combination is pressed your screen will be covered with an translucent black overlay, which means you're taking a screenshot.

Select the desired screenshot area by holding down LMB and let go.

Done! Now the area you selected is in your clipboard!

Note: If you want to cancel taking a screenshot hit Escape.

Launching on startup

If you want to change whether Screen Cropper launches on startup or not, right click the tray icon and toggle Launch on startup option.

Issues

Sometimes, when one of the screens is disconnected and reconnected Screen Cropper may behave weird.

For that reason, there's a Restart button in the tray menu, which restarts the application.

If possible, submit the issues to this github repo :)