If you want all these options, and some additional ones, you can opt to avoid the shortcuts and open the Screenshots app instead. The window that will be captured is highlighted blue, and once you click the screenshot of that window will be taken ( Figure D).įor all of the Shift + Command + 4 options, once you release your mouse click or remove your finger from the trackpad the screenshot will be taken. If you want to capture a single window, tap the spacebar once you see the crosshairs, and they’ll transform into a camera.
If you want to edit the other of the two dimensions (right side or bottom), press Command again and the ability to resize will shift to whichever direction you didn’t move first. You’ve now entered a mode where the next movement of your mouse or your finger on the trackpad will determine whether the right side of your selection or the bottom remains fixed, while the other can be moved to change the shape of the area to be captured.
To resize your selection, remove your finger from the Command key, but leave your finger on Shift and the mouse/trackpad. SEE: WWDC 2020: The biggest takeaways (free PDF) (TechRepublic) With the spacebar held down and your finger on the mouse/trackpad you can move your selection around the screen to get its placement just right. Don’t take your finger off the mouse or trackpad, either. To move the area you selected, press and hold the spacebar, and release your fingers from Shift and Command. If you realize you’ve captured an area slightly off from what you wanted, don’t release any buttons yet: You have two options to reposition or resize your selection. What a selected area of screen looks like.