Bug 362616

Summary:	Multiple PrintScreen presses have no effect
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	tesfabpel
Component:	General	Assignee:	Boudhayan Gupta <me>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	fel1992, sudhir
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description tesfabpel 2016-05-03 10:20:05 UTC

With the old tool, pressing the print screen multiple times opened a new instance of the app (IIRC)...
This does not work with spectacle...

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Press PrintScreen
2. Spectacle opens with the screenshot
3. Press PrintScreen again

Actual Results:  
No effect.

Expected Results:  
A new instance of Spectacle should be opened.
Otherwise, discard the previous screenshot and fetch a new one...

This may cause the user to lose its screenshot...

Comment 1 Boudhayan Gupta 2016-05-03 11:16:32 UTC

The intended behaviour is to discard the previous shot and take a new one. This will be fixed.

Comment 2 Boudhayan Gupta 2016-05-03 11:35:17 UTC

This seems to be a KHotkeys issue. Triggering the DBus method manually does update the screenshot in the app.

Comment 3 Sudhir Khanger 2016-09-05 14:55:42 UTC

>Expected Results:  
>A new instance of Spectacle should be opened.

What is the benefit of new instances of Spectacle on multiple PrtSc clicks? I would hope multiple PrtSc clicks should only bring them to foreground.

Having 7 instances of Spectacle on a single screen doesn't make sense. Multiple instances of Spectacle should be triggered when opened from app menu. PrtSc should bring existing one to the foreground.

Comment 4 tesfabpel 2016-09-05 15:02:07 UTC

(In reply to Sudhir Khanger from comment #3)
> >Expected Results:  
> >A new instance of Spectacle should be opened.
> 
> What is the benefit of new instances of Spectacle on multiple PrtSc clicks?
> I would hope multiple PrtSc clicks should only bring them to foreground.
> 
> Having 7 instances of Spectacle on a single screen doesn't make sense.
> Multiple instances of Spectacle should be triggered when opened from app
> menu. PrtSc should bring existing one to the foreground.

For example, if you want to take 3 screenshots in 6 seconds you press the button 3 times and then review / save the screenshots separately...

Comment 5 Feelus 2016-10-21 19:44:15 UTC

*** Bug 366282 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Boudhayan Gupta 2017-02-20 18:24:07 UTC

This behaviour is intended.

(In reply to tesfabpel from comment #4)
> For example, if you want to take 3 screenshots in 6 seconds you press the
> button 3 times and then review / save the screenshots separately...

You're now able to take screenshots without bringing up the GUI which are auto-saved, using the default hotkeys. These may be reviewed and discarded at your leisure.