There's no way to record GNOME 3 top bar neither stuff that is on the upper part of the screen, due the size of the window title bar, where is located the record button. Then it's not possible to record a full screen application nor the address bar of a browser (if it's full screen), for example.
No good idea about the Gnome top bar, since the Window can't move there. I had given some thought to the other use cases:
Another interesting idea would be to draw a rectangle with the mouse, the area you want to record, as already happens with some screen recorders and screen capture tools.
Maybe you can copy the workflow of Shutter optionally (but also keep the current one, because there you possibly could drag the window while recording). ;)
I found a way to record the screen with top bar(gnome) @phw @jjnilton
peek
from command line with --no-headerbar
.1. run
peek
from command line with *--no-headerbar
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@tankgit I've noticed that's not necessary. However it keeps recording the bottom border of peek's window.
Other solutions:
• Move Peeks window by holdung the Super key down and dragging the window with the mouse across the top bar.
• The same is possible via Alt + F7 + Arrow keys (or mouse).
• Set an additional monitor to be positioned above your main screen, then you can drag Peeks window over the top bar.
An easy way to « screenshot » part of or whole panel is indeed very much needed.
And it's not only a Gnome-3 limitation.
There should not be any headerbar to the recording area, in order to move it anywhere on the screen. The functions of peek could stand behind its app' icon.
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No good idea about the Gnome top bar, since the Window can't move there. I had given some thought to the other use cases:
a. Maybe make the position (top, bottom) of the recording button configurable or even auto adjust. The very first version used a bottom recording button, I liked it better at the top. But why not change it.
b. Have some recording mode where the controls will fade out