Trigger for Screenshot not working

Configuration Help & General Discussion
1

I have set up a trigger (pinch with 3 fingers and thumb) to do a screenshot of a selected area (same as cmd-shift-4).

I used the built in "Capture Screenshot (configurable)" action and selected "capture current screen instead of window (in window selection mode".

In the configure window, when I click on "capture screenshot now", the action works. But once I save this, the trigger (3 finger pinch) doesn't do anything. I've tried a couple of different triggers, but none work.

Any ideas? Thanks!

2

can you copy & paste the trigger here? (right-click the 4 finger pinch gesture in BTT => copy)

3

Duh! I should have thought to do that. Here ya go:

Summary

[
{
"BTTActionCategory" : 0,
"BTTLastUpdatedAt" : 1744737436.433002,
"BTTTriggerType" : 194,
"BTTTriggerTypeDescriptionReadOnly" : "Pinch With Thumb And 3 Fingers",
"BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeTouchpadAll",
"BTTUUID" : "C233F1FC-FBD7-479E-B966-1AD469A86279",
"BTTPredefinedActionType" : 366,
"BTTPredefinedActionName" : "Empty Placeholder",
"BTTEnabled" : 1,
"BTTEnabled2" : 1,
"BTTOrder" : 1,
"BTTAdditionalActions" : [
{
"BTTActionCategory" : 0,
"BTTLastUpdatedAt" : 1744741297.6287742,
"BTTTriggerParentUUID" : "C233F1FC-FBD7-479E-B966-1AD469A86279",
"BTTIsPureAction" : true,
"BTTTriggerClass" : "BTTTriggerTypeTouchpadAll",
"BTTUUID" : "54BE4280-351B-40D8-B9FB-8DF281AF623A",
"BTTPredefinedActionType" : 169,
"BTTPredefinedActionName" : "Capture Screenshot (Configurable)",
"BTTScreenshotOptions" : "-i;;-S;;-t;;jpg;;/Users/glennhessel/Desktop/Screenshots/Screenshot_{datetime}_{random}.jpg;;",
"BTTScreenshotDateFormat" : "yyyy-MM-dd HH.mm.ss",
"BTTEnabled" : 1,
"BTTEnabled2" : 1,
"BTTOrder" : 133
}
]
}
]

4

mhm it seems to work ok here, however I think this "capture current screen instead of window" option might not work anymore on current macOS:

Doesn't it do anything on your machine?
Maybe activate the "Show HUD" option to see whether the gesture is recognized at all:

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5

Thanks for the quick response. Here's some more details:

[1] When I enable live view, I can confirm that the pinch gesture is being detected.

[2] Another trigger I have for a five finger pinch (for LaunchPad) also isn't working.

Must be some issue with the pinch gesture?

I switched to 3-finger force click which is now working -- replicating cmd-shift-4.
So I can live with that.