Bug 514850 - Please offer delay setting just for recordings
Summary: Please offer delay setting just for recordings
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: Spectacle
Classification: Applications
Component: General (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Noah Davis
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Reported: 2026-01-20 02:48 UTC by Aaron Wolf
Modified: 2026-01-20 02:49 UTC (History)
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Description Aaron Wolf 2026-01-20 02:48:23 UTC
SUMMARY

I almost always want a delay before recordings, but I don't need delay for screenshots because I can set up the shot beforehand and also have time to click a window or make a rectangle. I don't need a delay before starting the rectangle or getting the ability to click a window. 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. set a delay in the options dropdown
2. do a screenshot set to choose a window or make a rectangle

OBSERVED RESULT

delay postpones the ability to start the rectangle

EXPECTED RESULT

delay is really mainly for recording, it's weird to happen with a screenshot
Comment 1 Aaron Wolf 2026-01-20 02:49:11 UTC
If anyone wants a delay before screenshots, maybe it can be a separate setting. Even in that case, it's not necessarily the same delay as would be wanted for a recording