flameshot-org/flameshot

Vertical and horizontal lines for better precision

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#2,479 opened on Mar 9, 2022

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Feature Description

Hi there,

Awesome app, I must say. I have an idea for a feature which would make it even better, I haven't found it in the configuration or in other feature requests.

Similar apps to this one show both horizontal and vertical lines intersecting at the mouse position, which is nice to know where to crop so as not to resize the rectangle later on. I don't think it wouldn't be too difficult either.

Anyway, thanks a lot! Gonzalo

PS: the fourth bullet point of the Feature Request guideline here in Github has a typo, it says "pictrure"

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Research direction
Familiarize yourself with the existing screenshot capture code, particularly how mouse movement events are handled and how the overlay is painted. Add code to draw vertical and horizontal lines that intersect at the current mouse cursor position. Look for existing painting functions (e.g., in the capture widget) and extend them to include the crosshair lines.
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cpp
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desktop
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2
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1-3 hours
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