Bug 416572

Summary:	Option to auto-close Spectacle after a screenshot is exported
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	Patrick Silva <bugseforuns>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Boudhayan Gupta <me>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kde, meven.car, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	usability
Version:	19.12.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Patrick Silva 2020-01-22 11:50:21 UTC

SUMMARY
Frequently I want to do some basic editing with a just taken screenshot
(to highlight something with an arrow, a circle, a rectangle, for example).
In this case, I open the screenshot with a photo editor via "Export" button and then Spectacle becomes irrelevant because I will only use my photo editor to edit the screenshot and after that most likely I will not use Spectacle anymore.
But Spectacle window remains open after I use its "Export" feature and I need an extra step to close it manually.
I think that an option to auto-close Spectacle after we export a screenshot would nice.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-01-22 22:12:00 UTC

I often find myself thinking the same thing. Maybe we could just extend the existing option for that?

Comment 2 Méven Car 2020-05-06 14:24:45 UTC

If you launch Spectacle from dbus / krunner using its actions like "Capture fullscreen", spectacle launches in background mode, meaning it will only show a notification at the end of the screenshot, allowing you to open/export it from the notification.
You can achieve the same from command line with --background option, for instance `spectacle --background --region`.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-12-13 21:19:26 UTC

Is this still relevant now that we have annotation tools in Spectacle itself?

Comment 4 Patrick Silva 2021-12-14 11:36:24 UTC

I still think this feature is relevant. Currently Spectacle remains unnecessarily open after 'Export > Share > Imgur'
or 'Export > Share > Send via Email...' and there is no way to change this behavior.

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2021-12-14 14:32:34 UTC

OK.