Re: [PATCH]: Improving gnome-panel-screenshot

[Daniel Borgmann <spark-mailinglists web de>]

On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 19:14, Fernando Herrera wrote:
> 	Just now, our implementation takes a screenshot of 
> the whole Desktop, but if --window parameter is passed in 
> the command line or ALT or SHIFT is pressed with PrintScreen
> key, the screenshot is only of the window the mover is over.
> 
> 	This is a really hidden feature and not very usable.
> 
> With this patch, both screenshots are taken, one from the whole
> desktop and one from current window. Then the user can select
> the one he really want. Also this is very useful, because until 
> you see the final screenshot you are not sure what do you want.
> 
> 	Here is the current one:
> 		http://www.gnome.org/~fherrera/current-screenshot.png
> 	and here the one with this patch applied:
> 		http://www.gnome.org/~fherrera/improved-screenshot.png
> 

Hello,
that's a great thing. :) However a question, what happens if the panel
is active when the button is pressed? And isn't the panel always active
when the user activates the menu item (making it practically a hidden
feature again)? Would it be possible to focus the previously active
window before taking the snapshot?

Daniel