GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 345214
Screen acquire does not delay properly
Last modified: 2008-01-15 14:07:08 UTC
Please describe the problem: When grabbing a screen (File/Acquire/Screenshot) the selection happens immediately (though the capture takes place after the specified delay). This differs from the 2.2 implementation which delays *selection*. The 2.2 implementation seems preferable as the selection delay allows one to click around (via desktop pager) to select windows in other workspaces for acquisition. Steps to reproduce: 1. Select File/Acquire/Screenshot 2. Set 'Select a Region to Grab' (though the problem exists for all options) 3. Set delay to 10 seconds Actual results: Cursor *immediately* changes to cross-hairs precluding use of 'Workspace Pager' to select another workspace Expected results: Nothing happens for 10 seconds, then the cursor changes for selection (like Version 2.2) Does this happen every time? Yes Other information: I love GIMP.
I don't think this change was intentional. Fixed in CVS: 2006-06-18 Michael Natterer <mitch@gimp.org> * plug-ins/common/screenshot.c: apply the delay before selecting, not before grabbing, so the user has time to rearrange things. Fixes bug #345214.
Actually, the change was done intentionally because it seems more important to be able to do things like opening combo-boxes after selecting the window. But let's keep the 2.2 behaviour for now and see if anyone but me complains.