Area-selection

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What new or enhanced feature are you proposing?
1.) point-to-point selection
In this mode of "free-hand" the capture-border a straight line between the 
left-clicks. 
2.) selecting an area within a circle or ellipse

What goal would this enhancement help you achieve?
 One could select a polygon or circle/ellipse wihtout having to care about exact mouse-movements.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mscam...@rakovszky.eu on 5 Aug 2011 at 10:29

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Original comment by flexy...@gmail.com on 7 Aug 2011 at 11:54

• Changed state: Started

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List of new region captures:
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3109/201108221758214czdq.png

Ellipse:
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/4486/20110822180033yvi8q.png

Polygon:
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/8494/20110822175954ns48e.png

This is what you wanted? (point to point)

Original comment by flexy...@gmail.com on 22 Aug 2011 at 3:02

• Changed state: Fixed

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Exactly what I suggested.
I have just downloaded and installed version 4.2.4, but it seems, these are not 
included in this version.
From experience I know, that it is easier to implement something than to 
describe it and to make it easy to use.
My suggestion is, that there should be just ONE hot-key for all special forms 
of capture, with a small pop-up menu to choose what you want.
That will allow you to implement as many possibilities as you find good without 
the user's need to remember all the hot-keys.
Of course he could assign some to special actions, but it is easier to select 
one from a list, even is you want to capture the whole screen or a special 
window.

Greetings

Stephan de Rakovszky

If something is worth doing, it is worth doing it well.

Strive for excellence, not for perfection.
But be aware of the supporters of mediocrity. 
They will attack you because they are afraid of excellence in any form.

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-----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: zscreen@googlecode.com [mailto:zscreen@googlecode.com]
Gesendet: Montag, 2011 August 22 17:03
An: mscam_de@rakovszky.eu
Betreff: Re: Issue 523 in zscreen: Area-selection

Updates:
    Status: Fixed

Original comment by mscam...@rakovszky.eu on 22 Aug 2011 at 5:13

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Because of how codes written making one form with all region types can be 
difficult and codes will look ugly. Because i'm inheriting like that: Surface 
-> RectangleRegion -> RoundedRegion but if rounded region and rectangle region 
be in same form i can't do like that inheriting :( I not designed them for all 
regions to be in same window. Other screenshot capture applications doing them 
separate too.

But you are right about remembering hotkeys for all region types will be 
difficult. My screenshots from ZUploader by the way. If you want try/test it, i 
can upload my region capture test application.

Still there is things i must add:
-Fixed rectangle capture (fixed size)
-Drag support without using nodes in corners
-Multi region support like multi rectangles
-4 more node for horizontal and vertical resizing
-Need to write position/size informations but i dunno where to write them

Original comment by flexy...@gmail.com on 22 Aug 2011 at 5:33

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Except multi region all features added i wrote in last message.
Maybe i should use test window in ZScreen so in one hotkey this window will 
open and you can select region type from there?
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/8628/20110825100458.png

Original comment by flexy...@gmail.com on 25 Aug 2011 at 7:08

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That would be just the thing.
Easy to use and nothing much to remember.

Another, even easier solution could to use the tray icon: left-click menu with 
items on the left of the test window.

If something is worth doing, it is worth doing it well.

Strive for excellence, not for perfection.
But be aware of the supporters of mediocrity. 
They will attack you because they are afraid of excellence in any form.

Ha valamit �rdemes csin�lni, �rdemes azt j�l csin�lni.

- * -  A IV. Csal�dkutat�i Tal�lkoz� el�ad�sainak el�rhet�s�ge: 
www.rakovszky.net - * -

- * -  A Rakovszky csal�d honlapja / Web-site of the family Rakovszky / Website 
der Familie Rakovszky:    www.rakovszky.eu    - * -

-----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: zscreen@googlecode.com [mailto:zscreen@googlecode.com]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 2011 August 25 09:09
An: mscam_de@rakovszky.eu
Betreff: Re: Issue 523 in zscreen: Area-selection

Original comment by mscam...@rakovszky.eu on 25 Aug 2011 at 7:39