[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #3813: Screenshot enhancements
- From: "stippi" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:03:13 -0000
#3813: Screenshot enhancements
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Reporter: humdinger | Owner: julun
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Applications/Screenshot | Version: R1/Development
Keywords: | Blockedby:
Platform: All | Blocking:
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Comment(by stippi):
Replying to [comment:14 Wim]:
> Replying to [comment:13 humdinger]:
> > Replying to [comment:6 Wim]:
> > > > Add a "Clipboard" in the "Save in:" drop-down.
> >
> > > I have created a patch that adds a "Copy to clipboard" button. It
just
> > > doesn't seem logical to put it in the "Save in:" menu. (It is also a
lot
> > > more work :))
> >
> > To me it fits perfectly in "Save in"... :) [[BR]]
> > Isn't it just as easy to do the clipboard-copying after receiving the
respective BMessage from the menu item as it is when coming from the
button?
> >
>
> The problem I was facing was that when you press the "Save Screenshot"
button a file path is created using the choice from the "Save in:" menu,
so somehow I need to track whether "Clipboard" was selected and make an
exception. Since it would be perfectly possible to have a folder named
"Clipboard" (or anything else I can think of), it would be necessary to
track the selection using a boolean value, and it means that the position
in the menu needs to be known. Anyway, things got a bit tricky, so I just
decided it would be way easier to just have a button. What do you think,
should I try again to place that option inside the "Save In:" menu?
IMHO an extra button isn't such a bad idea. Just because "Copy to
clipboard" seems to fit somehow in the "Save in" popup doesn't
automatically make it a good choice. It borders on hiding features and
putting them somewhere the user may not expect them, just for sake of a
more compact GUI. Some people may not even associate "Save" with clipboard
at all, but have a very strong mental connection to storing something on
disk. And indeed the clipboard is not such a persistent storage.
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