# Taking Screenshots

The com.jme3.app.state.ScreenshotAppState enables your users to take screenshots of the running game.

You activate this feature as follows in your simpleInitApp() method:

    ScreenshotAppState screenShotState = new ScreenshotAppState();
    this.stateManager.attach(screenShotState);

The default screenshot key is KeyInput.KEY_SYSRQ, alos known as "System Request / Print Screen" key. On Mac keyboards, this key does not exist, so on Mac OS you take screenshots using Command+Shift+3 (fullscreen) or Command+Shift+4 (windowed: press space to select a window and then click).

The screenshot is saved to the user directory.

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