14th October 2016, 13:13
Hi Chelle
Sorry i can't help regarding your primary query, but i can for your subsidiary point about "couldn't figure out how to both hold the menu open ... and take a screenshot at the same time, as the menu closes as soon as I move my mouse".
I've two suggestions you could try [btw though you might not need to do either of these anymore for your original problem, these methods can help for any future occasion].
1. Maui is my primary [single-boot] OS, but i have very many VirtualBox VMs for playing with & learning about lots of other distros. For now i'll assume that VMWare VMs act similarly to VB VMs [but maybe they don't?]. For this first method you'll use whatever the screen-capture is of your macbook pro, not of Maui. Do NOT [temporarily] run the VM in full-screen mode; scale it down so it only occupies say 1/2 or 2/3 of your screen, so you can see part of your mac desktop at the side. Open your mac SC pgm, & park it at the side of the VM. Set a say 5 or 10 second delay in the SC pgm's Capture function, & initiate it to capture a full-screen shot. Quickly move the pointer into the VM & do what you need to generate the target menu, then hold your breath & the mouse [to not scare off the timid menu, teehee] until the pgm captures the full screen. Use whatever tools you like to then crop the captured full-screen image to leave only the part of interest for you. Voila. I've used this method a lot, & though inelegant, it's been effective for me. If it does not work for you, then consider the next option...
2. "Shutter" is a magnificent Linux GNU screen-capture & editing pgm, with several sophisticated options for both the capture & editing phases. I love this pgm!! I can't recall if it's in the Maui repos [eg, via Synaptic], but if not you can get it here http://shutter-project.org/. It has a specific function for capturing Tooltips, & another for capturing Menus... how cool is that? I trust you'll deduce how to use it, but if not feel free to come back & i'll try to guide you. Good luck.
Sorry i can't help regarding your primary query, but i can for your subsidiary point about "couldn't figure out how to both hold the menu open ... and take a screenshot at the same time, as the menu closes as soon as I move my mouse".
I've two suggestions you could try [btw though you might not need to do either of these anymore for your original problem, these methods can help for any future occasion].
1. Maui is my primary [single-boot] OS, but i have very many VirtualBox VMs for playing with & learning about lots of other distros. For now i'll assume that VMWare VMs act similarly to VB VMs [but maybe they don't?]. For this first method you'll use whatever the screen-capture is of your macbook pro, not of Maui. Do NOT [temporarily] run the VM in full-screen mode; scale it down so it only occupies say 1/2 or 2/3 of your screen, so you can see part of your mac desktop at the side. Open your mac SC pgm, & park it at the side of the VM. Set a say 5 or 10 second delay in the SC pgm's Capture function, & initiate it to capture a full-screen shot. Quickly move the pointer into the VM & do what you need to generate the target menu, then hold your breath & the mouse [to not scare off the timid menu, teehee] until the pgm captures the full screen. Use whatever tools you like to then crop the captured full-screen image to leave only the part of interest for you. Voila. I've used this method a lot, & though inelegant, it's been effective for me. If it does not work for you, then consider the next option...
2. "Shutter" is a magnificent Linux GNU screen-capture & editing pgm, with several sophisticated options for both the capture & editing phases. I love this pgm!! I can't recall if it's in the Maui repos [eg, via Synaptic], but if not you can get it here http://shutter-project.org/. It has a specific function for capturing Tooltips, & another for capturing Menus... how cool is that? I trust you'll deduce how to use it, but if not feel free to come back & i'll try to guide you. Good luck.