Bug 462781

Summary:	Rework "Capture current popup" mode
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	Andrew Shark <ashark>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Boudhayan Gupta <me>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	22.08.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Andrew Shark 2022-12-08 12:49:33 UTC

1) Improve documentation
Currently, the documentation in Help menu says: that "Capture the current popup only" checkbox is available only for "Active Window" and "Window Under Cursor" areas. But it does not say that it is also unavailable when in Wayland session. I sent a letter to KDE Docs team about this.

2) Make this mode work in Wayland
Because it is now disabled in wayland

3) Move this capture mode from Options to Areas.
Because it is actually about choosing capture area.

4) Add ability to capture several menu levels as a one area
Currently it selects one of the levels only. It is not what user may want. For example, see how Snagit (a WinOS commercial capture utility) works in this video: https://youtu.be/dfvUd0leElI?t=57 You can see that there are two menu levels opened, and at 1:03 shagit allows you to select an area of first menu level (it is outlined with orange dashed line). Unfortunately not shown on the video, it easily allows you to add second level to capture area, as well as selecting second level menu area alone.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Spectacle: 22.08.3

See also Bug 462780 - ability to capture window including menu

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-01-03 20:36:51 UTC

Thanks for the bug report! Unfortunately this bug reports multiple distinct issues, which will make it not actionable. See https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Issue_Reporting#Multiple_issues_in_a_single_Bugzilla_ticket for more explanation.

Can you ask you to open a new bug report for each specific issue? Thanks again!

Comment 2 Andrew Shark 2023-01-04 02:53:14 UTC

Not a problem. Here is what it goes:

1) Improving documentation is obvious, and also now spectacle has reworked interface. I hope docs will be improved anyway.
2) Make this mode work in Wayland. I thing this will be obvious when addressing Bug 463817.
3) Move this capture mode from Options to Areas. Created bug report Bug 463817 for this.
4) Add ability to capture several menu levels as a one area. When commented here https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=462780#c2 I noticed that several levels of menu _are_ captured in those working apps like Cuttlefish. So I think this is already addressed, and disappearing menu in another apps like Dolphin is another issue.