Bug 450719

Summary:	"Scrolling snapshots" similar like on iOS, Android
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	Daniel <daniel-other+kdebug>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Boudhayan Gupta <me>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	4wy78uwh, dalestorage1, hanekihyouka, kde.sghqi, kde, kostadinshishmanov, lasox84085, lea.fuhry+kde, madLyfe, nate, nestpana2023, noahadvs, smowtenshi
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	23.08.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Daniel 2022-02-22 22:31:11 UTC

SUMMARY
Scrolling snapshots are a common way on modern phones as well as on Windows (with 3rd party software) for capturing parts of a window which can be scrolled. For this, a long stitched-together image is created. You can see it in action on a iPhone here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9hGEu4iQ9g 

"shutter" presumably supported this in some earlier version, but doesn't anymore. Also, there doesn't seem to be any alternative scrolling snapshot tool for Linux, so it would be nice to have.

Comment 1 Thorrrr 2023-03-10 09:19:09 UTC

This would be great to have also i would love to see a stitch facility as several apps now have.

Comment 2 Noah Davis 2023-11-22 14:59:41 UTC

*** Bug 476056 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 nestpana2023 2024-01-24 07:51:28 UTC

That would be a great feature!

Comment 4 fanzhuyifan 2024-08-12 04:29:24 UTC

*** Bug 491575 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Noah Davis 2024-11-11 18:45:43 UTC

On Android (IDK about iOS), this only works with apps that support the feature. It may not be possible for us to implement this kind of feature entirely within Spectacle, but it would be good to have if it's possible.

Comment 6 Roke Julian Lockhart Beedell 2024-11-12 14:16:02 UTC

(In reply to Noah Davis from comment #5)

[Some applications][1] purport to support this for all applications from AOSP 5.0 (Lollipop) and above. To my knowledge, they utilize the accessibility service to scroll a specified amount, then capture a screenshot, and repeat that until they are unable to scroll anymore (but I don't know how they determine this).

[1]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mdiwebma.screenshot&hl=en#:~:text=Android%205.0%20Lollipop%20or%20higher