As always, you can still capture your screen using your keyboard’s PrtScn button. However, you’ll have to press the Windows logo key + Shift + S to open the new and modern Snip & Sketch app in Windows 11. Instead of using three keys on your keyboard to open Snip & Sketch to take screenshots, you can enable the keyboard’s Print (PrtScr, Prt Sc, Print Screen) key to open and Snip & Sketch app and create a capture quickly, and the steps below will show you how to do that. Snip & Sketch is a brand new app that merges the classic Snipping Tool for screen capture. To get started with enabling the Print Screen key as a shortcut for Snip & Sketch, follow the steps below:
How to turn on the keyboard shortcut for Snip & Sketch apps in Windows 11
As mentioned above, one can use the Windows logo key + Shift + S to open the new and modern Snip & Sketch app in Windows 11. But why press three keys if you can only do one to do the task? Windows 11 has a centralized location for the majority of its settings. From system configurations to creating new users and updating Windows, all can be done from its System Settings pane. To get to System Settings, you can use the Windows key + I shortcut or click on Start ==> Settings as shown in the image below: Alternatively, you can use the search box on the taskbar and search for Settings. Then select to open it. Windows Settings pane should look similar to the image below. In Windows Settings, click Accessibility, and select Keyboard on the right pane of your screen shown in the image below. On the Keyboard settings pane, toggle the button to “Use the Print Screen button to open snipping“ Once enabled, restart your computer for the changes to apply. When you log in back in, simply press the Print Screen or PrtScn will open the Snip & Sketch app and allow you to capture. No need to press the Windows logo key + Shift + S to accomplish the same task. On laptops, you may have to press the FN + PRT SCN keys since laptops have a small keyboards than regular-size desktop keyboards. That’s should do it! Conclusion: This post showed you how to enable a keyboard shortcut so that the Print screen can open the new Snip & Sketch app in Windows 11. If you find any error above, please use the comment form below to report.
