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Text extractor Text Editor #21611

Open Proxtx opened 2 years ago

Proxtx commented 2 years ago

Description of the new feature / enhancement

When copying text from the screen it would be nice to edit the Text and only copy the necessary text. An implementation could look like this:

  1. enable open editor after select in the settings
  2. Select text on screen
  3. very simple editor pops up
  4. text gets copied
  5. change the text and remove parts that are unnecessary
  6. press ok
  7. text gets copied

Scenario when this would be used?

When formatting text before reusing it. Or only copying relevant text to google for. There are many places where this is usefull. The texteditor coud automatically close on lost focus to not be intrusive.

Supporting information

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crutkas commented 1 year ago

Is the ask for like highlight boxes where you can deselect it? /needinfo

Proxtx commented 1 year ago

Not really. What I mean is that after coping text a small editor pops up with the text you just copied. There you can verify the result and format it. At the bottom of the edition is a big button "Ok" if you press it the editor closes and the text in the editor is copied to the clipboard.