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On my Mac I press Command+Shift+4 to take a screen shot. At this point my "mouse" remains in the same position (which means that any hover state or webpage menu displays are preserved). I then move my "super-cursor" as the mouse, which shows as a crosshairs, select the region I want and, presto, the screen shot appears on my desktop.
If the Snipping Tool is the Windows equivalent, that UX is not possible. Are there any other ways to do this on a PC that are easy?
I have Windows 10.
Oliver Williams
Posted 2017-07-28T14:48:13.433
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This would be brilliant if Windows could do this... excellent for creating guides. Your question is likely to result in opinion-based answers as there may be different products that do what you're looking for. however, one such program that works similarly (gives a "cross-hairs" super-mouse) is ShareX (https://getsharex.com/).
– Kinnectus – 2017-07-28T15:21:43.7502
Use GreenShot to capture mouse pointer.
– Biswapriyo – 2017-07-28T15:37:02.3931
Possible duplicate of Screenshot tools that include the mouse cursor?
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2017-07-28T15:54:20.5531No, this is not a duplicate - I don't want to capture the mouse position - but I do want to capture what the mouse has done by its current position like menu appearance and focus and hover colors, etc. - this is destroyed if I have to move the mouse to get to another program (and even if I didn't, Mac does it best with just
Command-Shift-4) – Oliver Williams – 2017-07-28T18:03:18.840I use GreenShot. It will do what you are talking about. – Appleoddity – 2017-07-29T04:19:21.960