Add option to set default save location for screenshots

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start from the Edit > Take Screenshot entry point and trace where screenshots are currently saved to the Pictures folder. Review the surrounding screenshot and preferences flow; done means the issue’s requested custom default location or immediate Save As behavior is supported and verified.

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Description

Hello and thank you for developing Pix!

I really like using Pix as a lightweight image viewer, and I recently discovered that it can also take screenshots via Edit > Take Screenshot. That’s a useful feature!

However, I noticed that all screenshots are saved directly to the default Pictures folder, without asking for a location or offering a way to change the default save path.

It would be very helpful if Pix could allow users to:

• set a custom default folder for saving screenshots (e.g. in preferences),
• or at least offer a "Save As…" dialog right after taking a screenshot.

This would make workflows with multiple screenshots much easier and more organized – especially when working on projects that require comparing or sorting images into dedicated folders.

Thanks for considering this suggestion, and thanks again for your work on Pix!

Best regards

Snook3

Dominant language
C
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Forks
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