https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=485385
Bug ID: 485385
Summary: Choosing a "Rectangular Region" maybe shouldn't wipe
the old image (UX/workflow problem)
Classification: Applications
Product: Spectacle
Version: 23.08.4
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: General
Assignee: noaha...@gmail.com
Reporter: e...@horse64.org
CC: k...@david-redondo.de
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
It would be helpful in some cases if choosing a "Rectangular Region" wouldn't
wipe the old image, but instead if it worked on the image I already captured.
Otherwise it's e.g. impossible to screenshot and crop a context menu, because
any context menu is forcibly closed right after the screenshot so clicking
"Rectangular Region" will update to the current state of the menu being gone. I
realize with the current button layout this introduces follow-up questions:
e.g. I think it makes sense that "Full Screen" and "Active Window" and "Window
Under Cursor" lead to a new screenshot being captured. But I think the
consequence of that maybe shouln't be that "Rectangular Region" should also do
that (which is how the UI is designed right now) but rather that it should
maybe be moved somewhere else e.g. into the top bar where the edit tools are
that also work on the image rather than destructively replacing it.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Right-click in some app that'll open a context menu
2. While the context menu is open, press print key
3. Spectacle opens and the context menu close, pretty much at the same time
4. In Spectacle, attempt to crop the image to some smaller region around the
context menu just captured. You'll notice the natural button to want to click
for that is "Rectangular Region", but that doesn't work
OBSERVED RESULT
"Rectangular Region" throws away old image
EXPECTED RESULT
There is some crop tool, maybe with the button moved to a different separate
spot, that keeps the current image
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows:
macOS:
Linux/KDE Plasma:
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: plasmashell 5.27.10
KDE Frameworks Version: KDE Frameworks Version 5.115.0
Qt Version: Version 5.15.12 (Spectacle built against 5.15.12)
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