New screenshot UI
The new screenshot UI™, which I worked on and posted about over the summer as part of GSoC 2021. Based on this design issue and mock-up.
Requires mutter!1893 (merged) with an additional fix, mutter!1899 (merged) and mutter!1967 (merged). I've got everything needed in this Mutter branch, although there's usually also some unrelated stuff there.
The follow-up MR !2107 (merged) should be merged together with gnome-settings-daemon!267 (merged) and gnome-control-center!1075 (merged).
TODO (screenshot part):
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Saving screenshots into a file (rather than just clipboard) -
New icons from Tobias -
Adding screenshots to recent files (see !1439 (diffs) for an example) -
Asynchronous PNG compression -
Starting selection + way to draw a new selection (e.g. modifier + drag) -
Better resizing (resize like windows instead of the current corner handles) -
Making the panel fade out and not receive input when dragging the selection -
Keyboard navigation -
Removing default PrtSc bind from gnome-settings-daemonand adding it here -
Figuring out how to handle GNOME Shell popups -
Tooltips with shortcuts for panel buttons -
Checkbox on selected window -
Click on notification to open the image -
Fix global shortcut blocking (e.g. mute) -
Add fake search entry to open the UI -
Fix multiple screenshots in 1 second / existing file -
Accessibility review—not sure how to get the screen reader to read nested gnome-shell elements
TODO (screencast part):
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Area and screen recording -
Area indicator during recording -
Fixing GStreamer crashes -
Done notification -
Save to Videos/Screencasts
Future work:
- Use lower scale for area and screen shots when possible on mixed DPI
- Smooth animation to window selection for screenshots
- Window selection for recording
- Desktop audio and microphone audio toggles
COPR for F35 if you'd like to give it a spin: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/yalter/gnome-shell-screenshot-ui/