*** In Spectacle the Line and Arrow tool have a 'snap to straight line' feature if you hold SHIFT while using them. But this does not work for the Highlighter tool. So it's hard to highlight a long string of text well. *** SUMMARY Making clean straight highlighter marks in Spectacle is not easy. Adding CTRL straight line modifier can help. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Take a screen shot 2. Pick highlighter 3. Holding SHIFT does not make the tool 'snap to' a straight line OBSERVED RESULT Highlight mark is not straight EXPECTED RESULT Highlight tool 'snaps to' straight line SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: (available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window) Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Agreed.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/graphics/spectacle/-/merge_requests/433
Git commit f5434a1c25975aafcacffd7d6b58ef25ce8743a6 by Noah Davis. Committed on 16/01/2025 at 22:48. Pushed by ndavis into branch 'master'. Allow snapping Freehand and Highlighter tools to straight lines with Shift Related: bug 469371 Doesn't fix the lack of a true rectangle highlighter, but should make it easier to highlight rectangular areas when combined with increasing the stroke size. M +14 -5 src/Gui/Annotations/AnnotationDocument.cpp M +1 -1 src/Gui/Annotations/AnnotationDocument.h M +1 -1 src/Gui/Annotations/AnnotationViewport.cpp https://invent.kde.org/graphics/spectacle/-/commit/f5434a1c25975aafcacffd7d6b58ef25ce8743a6