From kde-devel  Wed Jun 10 11:29:23 2009
From: Sebastian =?utf-8?q?K=C3=BCgler?= <sebas () kde ! org>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:29:23 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: ksnapshot - no minimize button & region now shows black dimension
Message-Id: <200906101329.23449.sebas () kde ! org>
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On Wednesday 10 June 2009 04:50:14 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > (2) The new ksnapshot gives you a read-out of the size of the "region"
> > being selected when selecting a region. Not only does it provide a
> > bounding-box with the dimensions displayed in the center, but it also
> > provides a separate black box in the top-left corner of the display
> > giving you the same information. The problem becomes grabbing a region in
> > the top-left of the screen. You have no way of moving the thing in the
> > top-left corner to be able to see the detail underneath it you want to
> > get (or where you want to stop/start the grab). Is there any way to turn
> > the black box off? I don't need the same information twice, I get it the
> > first time.
>
> no, there isn't. patches welcome, though i think it should probably just
> disappear if the mouse enters that area.

Gwenview's new crop tool does it nicely, it just moves the on-screen dialog 
somewhere else when it would be obstructed. Maybe something we could do for 
KSnapshot as well?
-- 
sebas

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