Flameshot: [Feature Request] Allow changing of paint tool colors during screenshot

[douglasg14b]

As the title puts it, the ability to change colors during screenshot time. Often different colors are used for different things (ie. black for boxing things out, red for arrows....etc)

[hosiet]

I thought we already have this feature from the very beginning. You may change the picked color at any time using the sidebar or color palette that pops up when you hold the right mouse button.

[douglasg14b]

Ah, right clicking does it. I was looking for a palette or color picker button in the controls that I can't seem to locate.

[hosiet]

The hint about how to use the palette will show up every time you enters the screenshot.

However, it seems that everyone is ignoring that little purple textbox :-/

[douglasg14b]

Oh I see.

I do some UX work here and there, here are my thoughts:

From a UI perspective anything in between the user and where they want to be (taking the screenshot) will be ignored or passed by, especially if it's something that's in their face all the time (tuned out). To compound the problem it's unstructured text, which is something users will also pass by even if it's not in their way.

I would recommend having a help button that shows the dialog next to it, with structured text (bulleted, or with icons) to break up the items.

[luzpaz]

I'm on a laptop and don't understand how to change color picker during screenshot

[douglasg14b]

@luzpaz Right click. If your laptop doesn't have dedicated buttons.... click space and it will open a color picker.

[luzpaz]

Oh wow.. had no idea.
That's great. Only little snag is on my dual monitor setup, the color picker opens up in the other monitor, not the one I was wanting to make a screenshot in.

[elpddev]

Is there a way to change the color from a color picker/ rgb bar instead of the 9 hardcoded colors?

[dfredell]

@elpddev
Are you talking when you are in a screenshot? Have you tried hitting the Space Bar while in a screenshot. Then you get the full color picker wheel/ triangle thing.

Or you asking to modify the default 9 colors that are in the right click/ pop up circle of circles picker? I found in the code where they are defined, and it looks like you can override them but I don't know cpp well enough to see where the config file is defined.
https://github.com/lupoDharkael/flameshot/blob/cbb4727786a612d986f1830530f9b8028f08a205/src/utils/confighandler.cpp#L79

[elpddev]

@dfredell Thank for the answer. Space bar does not do anything while in screen capturing mode. Maybe I'm missing something.

[elpddev]

Ok, found out I had an older version where the Spacebar feature was not implemented yet. Installing version 0.6 solved my problem. @dfredell Thank you.

https://github.com/lupoDharkael/flameshot/issues/406

[NicolasGoeddel]

Wow. Thanks to this issue I also learned new things I had already known if I would read the small text box at the beginning of a screenshot.
I guess this issue can be closed, am I right?