diff --git a/doc/MainWindow.png b/doc/MainWindow.png index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 GIT binary patch literal 0 Hc$@&FDLNotice; - 2016-09-18 - Applications 16.12 + 2017-04-13 + Applications 17.04 &spectacle; is a simple application for capturing desktop screenshots. It can capture images of the entire desktop, a single monitor, the currently active window, the window currently under the mouse, or a rectangular region of the screen. The images can then be printed, sent to other applications for manipulation, or quickly be saved as-is. @@ -63,11 +63,15 @@ - In the application launcher menu, &spectacle; can be found at ApplicationsGraphicsScreenshot Capture Utility &spectacle; + In the application launcher menu, &spectacle; can be found at ApplicationsUtilitiesScreenshot Capture Utility &spectacle; - Pressing the Print Screen button on the keyboard will immediately launch &spectacle;. Additionally, two more keyboard shortcuts are available. Pressing MetaPrint Screen will take a screenshot of the active window and save it in your default save folder without showing the GUI, while pressing &Shift;Print Screen will take a screenshot of your entire desktop and save it in your default save folder without showing the GUI. - + Pressing the Print button on the keyboard will immediately launch &spectacle;. Additionally, three more keyboard shortcuts are available to take screenshots and save them in your default save folder without showing the &GUI;: + + MetaPrint will take a screenshot of the active window + &Shift;Print will take a screenshot of your entire desktop, &ie; all monitors + Meta&Shift;Print will take a rectangular region screenshot + You can configure the default save location and filename by starting &spectacle; normally, clicking the downward arrow beside the Save & Exit button, and selecting Preferences from the menu. @@ -147,7 +151,7 @@ - The Delay spin-box allows you to set the delay between pressing the Take a New Screenshot (&Ctrl;N) button and taking the screenshot. This delay can be set in increments of 1 seconds using the spinbox buttons or to 0.1 seconds using the keyboard. + The Delay spin-box allows you to set the delay between pressing the Take a New Screenshot (&Ctrl;N) button and taking the screenshot. This delay can be set in increments of 1 seconds using the spinbox buttons or the keyboard. Enabling the On Click checkbox overrides the delay. When this checkbox is enabled, pressing the Take a New Screenshot (&Ctrl;N) button hides the &spectacle; window and changes the mouse cursor to a crosshair. The screenshot is captured when the mouse is left-clicked, or aborted if any other mouse buttons are clicked. Note that you cannot interact with the desktop using the mouse while the cursor is a crosshair, but you can use the keyboard. @@ -206,7 +210,7 @@ Clicking this button saves the screenshot as a PNG image in your default Pictures folder and immediately exits the application. - Additionally, if you click the arrow on the right side of the button, a drop-down menu allows you to simply Save the image, save the image with a different filename, location and format (Save As...), Print the image, and configure the default preferences, such as where to save the image by default and what filename to save it as. + Additionally, if you click the arrow on the right side of the button, a drop-down menu allows you to simply Save the image, save the image with a different filename, location and format (Save As...), Print the image, and configure the default Preferences, such as application preferences and where to save the image by default and what filename to save it as. @@ -220,8 +224,17 @@ Configure Options + Use Save & ExitPreferences to open the configuration dialog. Application Preferences + + + + + + Application Preferences + + Set save button action to last used save method @@ -255,7 +268,7 @@ Configure Save Options When you use the Save & Exit or the Save functions, &spectacle; saves the image with a default filename, in your Pictures folder under your home folder. The default filename includes the date and time when the image was taken. - The Configure Save Options option allows you to set the default save location and filename. Clicking this option brings up a dialog box like the following: + The Save Options page allows you to set the default save location and filename. Clicking this option brings up a dialog box like the following: @@ -264,7 +277,39 @@ Configure Save Options - The dialog box includes appropriate help text on how to configure the save options. + + + + Default Save Directory + + In the Location text box set the directory where you'd like to save your screenshots when you press Save or Save & Exit. + + + + Default Save Filename + + Set a default filename for saved screenshots. + You can use the following placeholders in the filename, which will be replaced with actual text when the file is saved: + + %Y: Year (4 digit) + %y: Year (2 digit) + %M: Month + %D: Day + %H: Hour + %m: Minute + %S: Second + + If a file with this name already exists, a serial number will be appended to the filename. For example, if the filename is Screenshot, and Screenshot.png already exists, the image will be saved as Screenshot-1.png. + Typing an extension into the filename will automatically set the image format correctly and remove the extension from the filename field. + + + + Use light background color + + Use a light background color to mask the cropped-out area in the rectangular region selector. This may make dark cursors easier to see. + + +