Question: I've been trying to create a short-cut key for grabbing part of the screen.

If I run the command `/usr/bin/gnome-screenshot --area` the program I want runs and does what I want. When I createa a custom action in the keyboard shortcuts menu, and I activate the command (using ctrl-prnscr) the command fires up but behaves as though the `--area` option isn't there (it grabs the whole screen instead of giving me a cursor to choose with). If I run `ps -eaf |grep screen` I get:

```
$ ps -eaf |grep screen
yfarjoun  2082     1  0 Oct29 ?        00:00:21 gnome-screensaver
yfarjoun 17730     1  0 17:34 ?        00:00:00 gnome-screenshot --area
yfarjoun 17735 17730  1 17:34 ?        00:00:00 gnome-screenshot --area
yfarjoun 17741  2599  0 17:34 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --color=auto screen

```

So the option is definitely transfered to the command....

Why is it not honoring the option? How can I fix this?

Answer: 
It works for me when pressing the shortcut twice (fast).

This seems to have worked at some point but doesn't anymore (see [this thread](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1199669) at ubuntuforums.org - it doesn't work for me, with or without the '-i' switch). 

There's already a bug report opened: <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-utils/+bug/549935>
In 12.04 (at least), the default shortcut is `Shift`+`PrtScr`.