Bug 494568

Summary: Screenshot buttons don't honor settings
Product: [Applications] Spectacle Reporter: Paul Sadauskas <paul>
Component: GeneralAssignee: Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: normal CC: aspotashev, kde
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 24.08.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Paul Sadauskas 2024-10-11 20:57:39 UTC
SUMMARY

Spectacle's settings dialog has options for what do to after taking a screenshot. In my case, I have "Save file to default folder" checked, and "Copy image to clipboard" selected.

When I press the shortcut key to take a screenshot of a region and select the region, the toolbar appears with "Save", "Copy", etc... These buttons do exactly what they say, and nothing more. Eg, if I click "Copy", the file does not get saved according to the setting.

To do both, I have to press "Enter" on my keyboard, which isn't an obvious thing that will happen.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Enable the settings to automatically save the screenshot and copy to clipboard
2. Take a region screenshot
3. Click "Copy"

OBSERVED RESULT

File is not saved.

EXPECTED RESULT

File should be saved, as specified by the settings.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

$ kinfo
Operating System: Fedora Linux 40
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.6.0
Qt Version: 6.7.2
Kernel Version: 6.10.12-200.fc40.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core Processor
Memory: 62.7 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 5700

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Perhaps this is a separate bug, but it would be nice if there was an additional button on the toolbar to "Annotate". Clicking either "Save" or "Copy" pops up a KDE notification with an "Annotate" button that opens the screenshot in a separate window for further annotations. It would be nice if there were a way to do this directly from the screenshot region toolbar. I personally find the separate annotate window more intuitive and easier to use than the toolbar. It also allows me to screenshot things near the edges of my monitor, and then drag the annotate window to a more central location.