Screen Capture Widget¶

The screen capture widgets makes it easy to take screenshots. Similar to pressing CMD+SHIFT+4/CMD+SHIFT+3 on the mac, this widget implements several different ways in which the screen can be captured, either via a cross hair style selection or by grabbing the entire screen.

screen_grab.get_desktop_pixmap(rect)[source]¶

Performs a screen capture on the specified rectangle.

Parameters:	rect (`QRect`) – Rectangle to capture
Returns:	Captured image
Return type:	`QPixmap`

screen_grab.screen_capture()¶

Modally displays the screen capture tool.

Returns:	Captured screen
Return type:	`QPixmap`

screen_grab.screen_capture_file(output_path=None)[source]¶

Modally display the screen capture tool, saving to a file.

Parameters:	output_path – Path to save to. If no path is specified, a temp path is generated.
Returns:	path where screenshot was saved.