Bug 504958

Summary: Feature request: draw straight highlighter lines while holding Shift
Product: [Applications] Spectacle Reporter: Andrea Ippolito <andrea.ippo>
Component: GeneralAssignee: Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: kde, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.3.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 6.4.0
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Description Andrea Ippolito 2025-05-29 12:45:06 UTC 
Hi,

I think it would be nice, while annotating a screenshot (for example with the highlighter tool), to have a way to highlight text precisely, instead of getting the wobbly-mess that will come out by just doing your best to move the mouse horizontally.

Holding Shift already makes lines/arrows straight at 45 degrees increments, what I'm talking about is specifically the highlighter tool, which is currently lacking this, and would benefit a lot from it since highlighting some horizontal (or vertical) text is, I suppose, one of the most frequent use cases for this tool.

Thanks!
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-05-29 15:52:24 UTC 
This is in fact already implemented in Plasma 6.4! I''ve been using it and it's really nice.
Comment 2 Andrea Ippolito 2025-05-29 16:05:33 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> This is in fact already implemented in Plasma 6.4! I''ve been using it and
> it's really nice.

Oh you KDE folks read my mind! That's so great, can't wait! :-)