Capture screenshots#
For most captures, use the shortcuts above. Under Screenshots, you can add a delay of up to 30 seconds to make time for opening a menu or preparing a window.
Window captures: hover over a window to highlight it fully, then click. The bold outline stays inside the window so it remains visible at screen edges. The Window label shows the click target. The pointer stays a crosshair, and the magnifier and crosshair guides stay visible when enabled: drag anywhere to select an area instead, including across monitors for screenshots. Snap to windows is on by default. Capture covered windows captures the whole selected window even if another window overlaps it, without moving or focusing it. Windows may show a capture border. Hidden, minimized, protected, or changed targets can fail explicitly; Hotshot never silently substitutes a desktop screenshot.
Scrolling captures: choose Scrolling capture from the tray or workspace. Select the content, scroll it yourself, and add overlapping frames. Exclude fixed headers and keep the capture area in the same position and size. Hotshot rejects ambiguous overlaps rather than stitching a misleading result. This is guided capture, not automatic scrolling.
To capture Hotshot's editor or Settings for feedback, leave the window open and use your screenshot shortcut. Window snapping works here too. Recording controls stay out of captures.