Bug 122288

Summary: print screen function is silent, unintuitive and doesn't ask whether to save or send
Product: [I don't know] kde Reporter: Stefan Monov <logixoul>
Component: generalAssignee: Stephan Kulow <coolo>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
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Description Stefan Monov 2006-02-19 15:57:59 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.1)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs
OS:                Linux

Long story short:
Printscreening should ask "You took a screenshot. [Save]/[Send to buddy]/[Discard]".

Long story long:

How to reproduce:
Press your printscreen shortcut for either the whole screen or the active window only.
Observed behavior:
-From the viewpoint of most people: nothing.
-From my übergeek viewpoint:
1. a pixmap is copied to the clipboard
2. I open Krita,
3. choose "empty document",
4. click OK,
6. depending of what I shot I either recall my screen dimensions from the dark depths of my memory OR use KRuler and KMagnifier to see exactly how big was the window I shot,
7. enter height,
8. enter width,
7. click OK,
8. paste,
9. save as,
10. enter "filename.png",
11. click OK,
(...and if I want to show it to someone...)
12. open Kopete/KMail,
13. go through the necessary steps for sending the file.
Expected behavior:
Show a dialog box with "You took a screenshot." in it and with "Save", "Send to buddy" and "Discard" buttons.
Comment 1 Stefan Monov 2006-02-19 15:58:58 UTC 
Oops, messed up the step numeration a bit.
Comment 2 Thiago Macieira 2006-02-22 19:45:03 UTC 
Use ksnapshot. PrintScreen's behaviour is what is intended: take a screenshot and copy to the clipboard.
Comment 3 Stefan Monov 2006-02-22 19:55:54 UTC 
But why is this what is intended?
I think "what is intended" is equivalent to "what is user-friendly". And silently copying to the clipboard isn't user-friendly, because a newbie would just think that the thing doesn't work.
Comment 4 Thiago Macieira 2006-02-22 20:52:09 UTC 
Why would a newbie be pressing PrintScreen anyways?

If a newbie doesn't know PrintScreen takes a screenshot, he won't be bothered by it. However, if it showed a dialog when you pressed, it would be annoying.