Flameshot: Add a delay (Enhancement)

[sterndata]

Thank you for creating this application!

One of the nice things in Shutter, which does not run on Wayland, is that it allows a delay between selecting the target area and taking the screenshot. This allows one to draw the area, then do something with the mouse like opening a dropdown.

So, my request is that the configuration support an optional delay between selecting a screenshot aea and grabbing the pixels, during which the user can use their mouse "normally" on the screen.

[Rmano]

Notice that you can do something like

flameshot screen -d 5000

and have a screenshot after 5 seconds delay, or

flameshot gui -d 5000

to be able to select the rectangular zone --- although in that case, you choose the zone _after_ the delay expired (which is quite strange).
Also, a countdown would be nice to have...

[AlexWayfer]

Duplicate of #124, I guess.

[mortasoft]

How that can be done in the GUI??

[cipricus]

Notice that you can do something like

flameshot screen -d 5000

and have a screenshot after 5 seconds delay, or

flameshot gui -d 5000

to be able to select the rectangular zone --- although in that case, you choose the zone _after_ the delay expired (which is quite strange).
Also, a countdown would be nice to have...

Typing in terminal --

flameshot screen -d 5000
'screen' is not a valid argument. See 'flameshot --help'.

flameshot gui -d 5000, on the other hand, works fine.

[Mart-Bogdan]

Please reopen this.
This should be available from the context menu of tray icon!

[luzpaz]

There is no mention of the -d flag at all in the CLI help: (v0.6.0-63-g19d70110)

$ flameshot --help
Usage: flameshot [flameshot-options] [arguments]

Options:
  -h, --help     Displays this help
  -v, --version  Displays version information

Arguments:
  gui            Start a manual capture in GUI mode.
  screen         Capture a single screen.
  full           Capture the entire desktop.
  launcher       Open the capture launcher.
  config         Configure flameshot.

[AlexWayfer]

@luzpaz, it's in gui sub-command:

> flameshot gui --help
Usage: flameshot gui [gui-options] 

Options:
  -p, --path <path>           Path where the capture will be saved
  -d, --delay <milliseconds>  Delay time in milliseconds
  -r, --raw                   Print raw PNG capture
  -h, --help                  Displays this help

[luzpaz]

@AlexWayfer thanks. I think that the top level --help flag should list all this subcommand flag. What's the harm ?

[Mart-Bogdan]

cli flag is good, but having such option from tray icon would be better.
Flameshot is starting with system anyway, and sits in a tray.

[benwinding]

There's so many buttons around the screen capture selection, how about another one?

[mortasoft]

There's so many buttons around the screen capture selection, how about another one?

Yea I like that. Why there's no delay in the GUI?.
Almost all the screenshot apps had it.

[AlexWayfer]

Selection size and position can be not obvious before pop-up shows, for example. So, it's better to place delay in something like drop-down menu of top-bar icon.

[marcosfede]

@AlexWayfer suggestion sounds really good, could you open this issue again?

[AlexWayfer]

@AlexWayfer suggestion sounds really good, could you open this issue again?

I'm not a collaborator or author of this issue, so no. Anyway, this issue is a duplicate of #124, how it was mentioned before closing.