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Added option to copy edited screenshot to clipboard when saving it in the Drawing Tool #824

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36 changes: 28 additions & 8 deletions bin/shutter
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Expand Up @@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ my $delete_on_close_active;
my $drawing_tool_auto_icons_active;
my $drawing_tool_dark_icons_active;
my $drawing_tool_light_icons_active;
my $drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard_active;
my $filename;
my $fname_autocopy_active;
my $fs_active;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -814,7 +815,7 @@ sub STARTUP {
my $file_vbox = Gtk3::VBox->new(FALSE, 0);
my $save_vbox = Gtk3::VBox->new(FALSE, 0);
my $capture_vbox = Gtk3::VBox->new(FALSE, 0);
my $drawing_tool_icons_vbox = Gtk3::VBox->new(FALSE, 0);
my $drawing_tool_vbox = Gtk3::VBox->new(FALSE, 0);

my $scale_box = Gtk3::HBox->new(FALSE, 0);
my $filetype_box = Gtk3::HBox->new(FALSE, 0);
Expand All @@ -831,6 +832,7 @@ sub STARTUP {
my $drawing_tool_light_icons_box = Gtk3::HBox->new(FALSE, 0);
my $drawing_tool_dark_icons_box = Gtk3::HBox->new(FALSE, 0);
my $drawing_tool_auto_icons_box = Gtk3::HBox->new(FALSE, 0);
my $drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard_box = Gtk3::HBox->new(FALSE, 0);

#actions
my $actions_vbox = Gtk3::VBox->new(FALSE, 0);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1529,6 +1531,22 @@ sub STARTUP {
#end - drawing tool custom icons
#--------------------------------------

#drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard_active
#--------------------------------------
$drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard_active = Gtk3::CheckButton->new_with_label($d->get("Automatically copy screenshot to clipboard when saving"));
$drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard_box->pack_start($drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard_active, FALSE, TRUE, 12);

if (defined $settings_xml->{'general'}->{'drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard'}) {
$drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard_active->set_active($settings_xml->{'general'}->{'drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard'});
} else {
$drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard_active->set_active(FALSE);
}

$drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard_active->set_tooltip_text($d->get("Automatically copy screenshot to the clipboard when saving the image in the Drawing Tool"));

#end - drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard_active
#--------------------------------------

#program
#--------------------------------------
my $model = fct_get_program_model();
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2468,11 +2486,12 @@ sub STARTUP {
$capture_vbox->pack_start($delay_box, TRUE, TRUE, 3);
$capture_frame->add($capture_vbox);

$drawing_tool_icons_vbox->pack_start($drawing_tool_light_icons_box, TRUE, TRUE, 3);
$drawing_tool_icons_vbox->pack_start($drawing_tool_dark_icons_box, TRUE, TRUE, 3);
$drawing_tool_icons_vbox->pack_start($drawing_tool_auto_icons_box, TRUE, TRUE, 3);
$drawing_tool_frame->add($drawing_tool_icons_vbox);

$drawing_tool_vbox->pack_start($drawing_tool_light_icons_box, TRUE, TRUE, 3);
$drawing_tool_vbox->pack_start($drawing_tool_dark_icons_box, TRUE, TRUE, 3);
$drawing_tool_vbox->pack_start($drawing_tool_auto_icons_box, TRUE, TRUE, 3);
$drawing_tool_vbox->pack_start($drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard_box, TRUE, TRUE, 3);
$drawing_tool_frame->add($drawing_tool_vbox);

#all labels = one size
$scale_label->set_alignment(0, 0.5);
$filetype_label->set_alignment(0, 0.5);
Expand All @@ -2488,7 +2507,7 @@ sub STARTUP {
$vbox_basic->pack_start($file_frame, FALSE, TRUE, 3);
$vbox_basic->pack_start($save_frame, FALSE, TRUE, 3);
$vbox_basic->pack_start($capture_frame, FALSE, TRUE, 3);
$vbox_basic->pack_start($drawing_tool_frame, FALSE, TRUE, 3);
$vbox_basic->pack_start($drawing_tool_frame, FALSE, TRUE, 3);
$vbox_basic->set_border_width(5);

#settings actions tab
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -4719,6 +4738,7 @@ sub STARTUP {
$settings{'general'}->{'drawing_tool_light_icons'} = $drawing_tool_light_icons_active->get_active();
$settings{'general'}->{'drawing_tool_dark_icons'} = $drawing_tool_dark_icons_active->get_active();
$settings{'general'}->{'drawing_tool_auto_icons'} = $drawing_tool_auto_icons_active->get_active();
$settings{'general'}->{'drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard'}= $drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard_active->get_active();
#wrksp -> submenu
if ($x11_supported) {
$settings{'general'}->{'current_monitor_active'} = $current_monitor_active->get_active;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -6099,7 +6119,7 @@ sub STARTUP {
$drawing_tool->show(
$session_screens{$key}->{'long'}, $session_screens{$key}->{'filetype'}, $session_screens{$key}->{'mime_type'},
$session_screens{$key}->{'name'}, $session_screens{$key}->{'is_unsaved'}, \%session_screens,
$drawing_tool_icons
$drawing_tool_icons, $drawing_tool_save_to_clipboard_active->get_active
);
}

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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions share/shutter/resources/modules/Shutter/Draw/DrawingTool.pm
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Expand Up @@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ sub show {
$self->{_name} = shift;
$self->{_is_unsaved} = shift;
$self->{_import_hash} = shift;
my $icon_theme = shift;
my $icon_theme = shift;
$self->{_cp_to_cb_on_save} = shift;

#gettext
$self->{_d} = $self->{_sc}->get_gettext;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1895,8 +1896,11 @@ sub save {

#save pixbuf to file
my $pixbuf_save = Shutter::Pixbuf::Save->new($self->{_sc}, $self->{_drawing_window});
#save pixbuf to clipboard
if ($self->{_cp_to_cb_on_save}) {
$self->{_clipboard}->set_image($pixbuf);
}
return $pixbuf_save->save_pixbuf_to_file($pixbuf, $filename, $filetype);

}

}
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