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Spectacle is KDE's screenshot utility.

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Chat: #kde-devel on freenode IRC or Matrix

Phabricator: https://phabricator.kde.org/project/view/78

Top bugs and feature requests

The "Quit after save or copy" setting frustrates people because it doesn't appear to work for the copy use case unless you change Klipper's settings: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=393708 (old patch in need of revival: https://phabricator.kde.org/D9117)
Spectacle sometimes doesn't exit when it should, so it can't be called up again via keyboard shortcut and the notification is never shown: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389694
Rectangular region mode doesn't work on Wayland: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377157 (Requires KWin to add support first: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=387721; Starter patch: https://phabricator.kde.org/D17248)
Active Window mode doesn't work in Wayland: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386271
When taking a Rectangular Region screenshot with a multi-monitor HiDPI setup, the whole image is often shifted over to the left:https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=385885
Needs basic annotation/drawing tools: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=372464 & https://phabricator.kde.org/T6321
Needs a way to copy the screenshot to the clipboard without using the main UI: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=375382 (old patch in need of revival: https://phabricator.kde.org/D9117)
Should use consistent shortcuts for invocation: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=362061
Spectacle should teach the user to use the global keyboard shortcuts by showing them in the "Area" combobox menu: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389778
Spectacle should have an in-app method of changing the hotkeys, or at least going to the place where you can change them: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388592 (in-progress patch: Patch: https://phabricator.kde.org/D19310)
Spectacle needs a way to disable shadows: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=372408