Screentogif: [Feature request] Copy GIF animations to clipboard

[EirikBirkeland]

I'd like to be able to quickly copy/paste animations into Github -- currently, the clipboard content seems to contain an image only.

As Nicke explained to me, this may not be possible to implement under current framework/OS constraints.

Maybe a super-long-term goal?

[ashleedawg]

@EirikBirkeland - I believe what Nick would have meant is that what you're asking isn't possible because of how Windows Clipboard is designed. Without getting into an explanation of why, trust me: there are a number of reasons that it is very unlikely that Microsoft would ever make the changes necessary to provide support for what you're asking.

I must admit I'm a curious _where_ you are copying from (ie., online vs. specific app vs. Windows filesystem), and _how often_ you're doing it, that makes a couple clicks an inconvenience? Perhaps you're not aware of how easy it already is to insert an Animated GIF from elsewhere (without copy/paste):

To copy an Animated GIF from a website:
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1. Right-click the image and click "Save Image As" (or your browser's equivalent), saving it somewhere on your computer.
2. In Screen2Gif, hit Ctrl+Shift+O or click Media under File menu..
   
   
   
   1. Choose the image from the location on your computer where you saved it.
   
   

To insert a copy of an Animated GIF from a file:
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• Start at Step 2 above.

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Even if what you're suggesting can be done, it would take a ton of work and redesign, which isn't a reasonable expectation from a one-man team providing a free piece of awesome software -- especially for such negligible user benefit (to occasionally save a couple clicks). Alternatively, this is an open project if you want to hire a developer... :wink:

_Side note:_ the label that you used is incorrect in this case. A bug would be when the software produces an incorrect or unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways contrary to how the developer intended it to operate. I think a more accurate label would be .

[TomasHubelbauer]

Excuse my ignorance, but couldn't you, upon clipboard keystroke, generate a temporary file with the animation and then copy that as a file rather than as a bitmap so when the user goes to insert something into the GitHub editor, they have just a generic file in the clipboard? I am not sure how GitHub deals with the past if it's a file (maybe it turns it into an attachment), but otherwise I think this could work.

[EirikBirkeland]

@ashleedawg I didn't label anything, Nicke did.
I like to optimize my personal work processes. If you don't like my issue, just close it and focus on what you think matters.

Hire a developer? Who do you think I am?

I don't have "expectations", just some innocent requests. According to your logic, I should first learn C# and consider whether a request may be realistic before filing an issue? Oh, I'm sorry that my Windows clipboard knowledge is inadequate! Please educate me, oh mighty one!

Honestly I don't really care. ScreenToGif is nice as-is. I was just going through a short period of heavy use, hence why I went out of my way to file some possible enhancements based on my experience at the time.

You win the year's smugness award. Bye.

[NickeManarin]

@ashleedawg I believe what Nick would have meant is that what you're asking isn't possible because of how Windows Clipboard is designed.

Yes, that's what I said to Eirik and that's what he cited, on the second paragraph.

@ashleedawg Side note: the [bug] label that you used is incorrect in this case.

It was me. I thought I was doing something wrong while loading the gif into the clipboard and I thought that I could do it differently.

So, this is a valid issue ticket.

[trustserve]

Currently you can copy a link to clipboard for imagr. would love to see ability to copy richtext embed of that link to allow pasting image into any richtext window like gmail but others as well. i know screencastomatic does this to very good effect. its a much beloved feature that this does not have.