Q:

How to change the save directory for taking a screenshot for Ubuntu 17.10 Gnome?

If I press Print Screen then click and drag an area, it saves the screenshot to /home/james/pictures. How do I change the default save directory?
It seems like I can't under keyboard shortcuts:

I guess that you'd have to create a custom shortcut, although I'm not sure what command you'd use.
I'll try this answer.
Unfortunately it didn't work after I tried a few options:

Current values after saving:

A:

I saw this from here and steps were:

Change the default location using gsettings:
gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-screenshot auto-save-directory 'file:///home/cialu/Downloads'

Modify the default shotcut behaviour as per a bug:

create a shortcut in Settings > Keyboard, pressing the + button there. Assign a name (e.g. "New screenshot") and the command to gnome-screenshot.
click in the "Disabled" label in the new shortcut and press the "Print Screen" key from you PC. Confirm the dialog that will ask you if you want to reassign the key to this new shortcut.

Note: Not tested by me.
Source:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/51erc1/how_to_change_the_default_gnome_screenshot_folder/

