Bug 416572 - Option to auto-close Spectacle after a screenshot is exported
Summary: Option to auto-close Spectacle after a screenshot is exported
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Spectacle
Classification: Applications
Component: General (show other bugs)
Version: 19.12.1
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Boudhayan Gupta
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2020-01-22 11:50 UTC by Patrick Silva
Modified: 2021-12-14 14:32 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description Patrick Silva 2020-01-22 11:50:21 UTC
SUMMARY
Frequently I want to do some basic editing with a just taken screenshot
(to highlight something with an arrow, a circle, a rectangle, for example).
In this case, I open the screenshot with a photo editor via "Export" button and then Spectacle becomes irrelevant because I will only use my photo editor to edit the screenshot and after that most likely I will not use Spectacle anymore.
But Spectacle window remains open after I use its "Export" feature and I need an extra step to close it manually.
I think that an option to auto-close Spectacle after we export a screenshot would nice.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-01-22 22:12:00 UTC
I often find myself thinking the same thing. Maybe we could just extend the existing option for that?
Comment 2 Méven Car 2020-05-06 14:24:45 UTC
If you launch Spectacle from dbus / krunner using its actions like "Capture fullscreen", spectacle launches in background mode, meaning it will only show a notification at the end of the screenshot, allowing you to open/export it from the notification.
You can achieve the same from command line with --background option, for instance `spectacle --background --region`.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-12-13 21:19:26 UTC
Is this still relevant now that we have annotation tools in Spectacle itself?
Comment 4 Patrick Silva 2021-12-14 11:36:24 UTC
I still think this feature is relevant. Currently Spectacle remains unnecessarily open after 'Export > Share > Imgur'
or 'Export > Share > Send via Email...' and there is no way to change this behavior.
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2021-12-14 14:32:34 UTC
OK.