I’ve had some frustrating experiences with the KDE screenshot workflow that I’d like to bring up.
When I use Win+Shift+S, I draw a selection that opens in Spectacle. While the annotation tools are great, clicking the “X” closes the app immediately without a save prompt, causing me to lose my work.
If I double-click the screenshot file to try annotating again, it opens in Gwenview. Clicking “Annotate” there opens a third window with an entirely different set of tools than Spectacle. Having two different apps for the same task is confusing, and I’d much prefer to use Spectacle for everything. However, trying to set Spectacle as the default image app triggers a warning that it doesn’t support all file types.
Even more confusing is the Win+Shift+S > Draw Rectangle > [Enter] sequence; pressing Enter triggers “Accept” mode, which looks exactly as if the file was saved, but it isn’t. If I click X, I lose my data. Spectacle’s lack of a “confirm close” or autosave feature makes it far too easy to lose progress with a single accidental click or keystroke.
Ideas:
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A single app for screenshots: I’d prefer to use Spectacle for everything.
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Auto-save by default: It should save aggressively. It is much easier to delete an extra file later than to lose everything at the end of the annotation process.
Thanks for your time.