Guild Wars 2

The screenshot function closes popup windows. Not all the time, but mostly. And esp when you want it. So if I want to record a popup [little window that shows when you hover mouse over an item in bags /bank], of say stats for an item in the bags /bank, for my own interest or as a matter of documentation of a bug or feature or tutorial, it’s almost impossible to do this reliably since the screenshot often, but not always, closes the popup window before capturing the screen.

Can we all agree that the screen shot should just capture the screen, and it’s a bug when the screen is changed before it’s captured?
Thanks,
- ww

PS – windows 7 x64

Yes, I have already noted it long time ago. Actually I would know it as “tooltip” or something, hearing “popup” made me thought of something else. Anyway, a way to work around it is un focusing game (like by bringing taskbar to front and using PrintScreen to get the screenshot and pasting it on an app like Paint or other. When the game isn’t focused, hovering items still causes the tooltip/popup to show up. But I agree it’s annoying to have to resort to these workarounds.

I use the Windows Snipping tool when I need to get the tooltip on an item. Much easier than using paint.

khani.4786:

I use the Windows Snipping tool when I need to get the tooltip on an item. Much easier than using paint.

Hehe I’m so used to old ways I keep forgetting that tool. That’s a good alternative too.