Screenshot

Screenshot tool.

Goals

  • Discoverable way to take a screenshot
  • Show common options:
    • Whole screen / current window / area
    • Delay
    • Include pointer
  • Review screenshot and allow common actions with it, after it's been taken

Other potential goals

  • Screen recording
  • Provide information about how to take screenshots with keyboard shortcuts

Non-Goals

  • Annotations/editing - better handled by a different app

Relevant Art

Mac

https://photos5.appleinsider.com/gallery/27865-42291-000-3x2-Screenshots-l.jpg

Floating toolbar exposes five options:

  • Screenshot entire screen
  • Screenshot window
  • Screenshot area
  • Record entire screen
  • Record area

Elementary

Elementary screenshot

Peek

http://i.imgur.com/qLhiw12.gif

Lightshot

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/CMLWDRIHlH2ugNCke4BGrhEu2xDYDIVat9ZnuPpj-1Az-wQla3QxePnZSAEljf8Cxl6v6Iw984s=w640-h400-e365

You click an icon in the status area and then drag to select an area. Then floating controls show to edit and share.

Monosnap

https://images.sftcdn.net/images/t_app-cover-l,f_auto/p/a355eca0-9b23-11e6-a385-00163ed833e7/2785142114/monosnap-screenshot.jpg

You use a menu from the status area to take a screenshot or screen recording. Once done the window pops up and allows editing and annotations.

Discussion

Tentative Design

See https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Design/app-mockups/tree/master/screenshot

See Also

Comments

Design/Apps/Screenshot (last edited 2019-08-15 14:59:21 by AllanDay)