Bug 471321

Summary:	[Whishlist]: Add shape ending in line and shape ending in arrow to "Text" and "Number" tools
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	Rafael Linux User <rafael.linux.user>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kde, nate, rafael.linux.user
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	23.04.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Rafael Linux User 2023-06-22 08:38:46 UTC

SUMMARY
Some features dissapeared from Spectacle in latest versions, that were really useful. In "Annotation tools" there were "Text" and "Number" with 3 options, when user hold pressed respective buttons: Only shape, shape ending in line and shape ending in arrow. User was able to change where line or arrow pointed. The last two options are not available yet.

Why those features was removed?

Thank you


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230619
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.107.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
Graphics Platform: X11 and Wayland

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-09-08 20:21:01 UTC

We ported away from the old 3rd-party annotayion library that included all those features, because it was QtWidgets-only and was therefore preventing us from porting Spectacle to QML, adding video recording, and making annotations inline inside Rectangular Region mode.

As such, re-adding that library is not an option, unfortunately.

Please submit one bug report pew feature you are missing and would like back, and we'll see if we can accommodate it.

Comment 2 Rafael Linux User 2023-09-24 13:36:39 UTC

Submit a bug report about the missing bank feature you'd like back, and we'll see if we can accommodate it.

I don't understand this last paragraph very well. You suggest that I send a report about the features I would like to have again (really all the ones that have disappeared) and I precisely opened this thread as a "wish list" so what do you mean by "submit a bug report"? Isn't that what I had done by opening this thread?

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2023-09-24 13:40:15 UTC

> You suggest that I send a report about the features I would like to have again
> (really all the ones that have disappeared)
Yes please.

The problem is that "please add back everything" isn't actionable; it's over-broad. It's like filing a bug report that says "please fix all the bugs." Bug reports and feature requests need to be actionable, and to be actionable, they need to be narrowly targeted. See:

- https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Issue_Reporting#Step_1:_Make_sure_it's_a_valid_bug_or_feature_request

- https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Issue_Reporting#Multiple_issues_in_a_single_Bugzilla_ticket

Comment 4 Rafael Linux User 2023-09-25 00:14:01 UTC

You are right that the title was not explicit about the tools I wanted to return to "Spectacle", and I have changed it. However, in the content I did clearly express what I wanted "Spectacle" to get back. The options of common to the tools to add "Text" or "Circles" , "ending in arrow" or "endking in line" which, on the other hand, are really the ones that have been lost.

Comment 5 Nate Graham 2023-09-25 02:17:17 UTC

Which is fine, but you need to submit one new feature request for each one, because each one is a distinct feature that needs to be implemented independently.