First, you'll need to enable the Game bar from the settings page by making sure you've toggled on Record game clips, screenshots and broadcasts using Game bar. You can use the Game bar to snap a screenshot, whether you're in the middle of playing a game or not. It will then be saved to the Pictures > Screenshots folder. You can press Fn + Windows logo key + Space Bar to take a screenshot.

If your computer doesn't have the PrtScn key, no worries, Microsoft has another keyboard shortcut for you. You'll need to open the shot in an image editor to save it. This will snap your currently active window and copy the screenshot to the clipboard. To take a quick screenshot of the active window, use the keyboard shortcut Alt + PrtScn. Your screen will briefly go dim to indicate you've just taken a screenshot, and the screenshot will be saved to the Pictures > Screenshots folder.

To capture your entire screen and automatically save the screenshot, tap the Windows key + Print Screen key. Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET Windows key + Print Screen The auto-click feature is especially great when using a trackball or trackpad.You can adjust print screen settings in Windows. You can experiment by setting it to 0 or 50. When it's not 0, small pointer movement will be ignored. I recommend setting the “Dewell movement tolerance” to 0. In earlier macOS version, the dwell setup is slightly different. Or, setup a “hot corner” on the screen, so that you can move mouse there to stop the auto click. To stop auto-click temporarily, use the menu at upper right. Uncheckbox the “fade panel after inactivity” in the keyboard preference. You can also use “Panel Editor” to create a small panel, just 2 buttons in it, “click” and “pause”. To stop that, click on the button “Panel Editor”, and create a new panel “Empty”.

Click button “Dewell Options …” to control preference.Įach time the mouse moves, a huge keyboard panel pops up.

Click checkbox “Enable Accessibility Keyboard”.

MacOS System Preference, Accessibility icon. I basically never have to mouse click, except doing drag. You have to learn to park the pointer at an inactive area (such as at empty place of the menu at top of screen). If you use Apple's touchpad, then you may not need this, because touch click is easy on the fingers. If you have hand pain due to mouse or keyboard, turn this on. Mac has a auto-click feature: when the pointer stops moving, it automatically does a click.Īnd is also extremely useful as a way to switch windows.

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