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Bug 210020

Summary:

Add an zoom control in screenshot editor

Product:

z_Archived

Reporter:

Willian Mitsuda <wmitsuda>

Component:

Mylyn

Assignee:

Mylyn Inbox <mylyn-inbox>

Status:

RESOLVED DUPLICATE

QA Contact:

Severity:

enhancement

Priority:

Keywords:

helpwanted

Version:

dev

Target Milestone:

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Hardware:

OS:

Windows Vista

Whiteboard:

Attachments:

Description	Flags
Vista image viewer	none
image viewer from bug 155353	none

Description Willian Mitsuda

2007-11-15 16:01:10 EST

I have to say that I don't like the "Fit Image" option in screenshot editor.

The first thing I do after capturing a screenshot is to uncheck it.

Actually, we can only capture full-screen images, and the screen resolution / editor size ratio is so high that it is impossible to distinguish anything on the captured image when "Fit Image" is enabled. The zoom level is too low.

Also, I think it is more useful to be able to zoom in instead of zoom out, because sometimes you want point and mark some detail, like a unaligned pixel.

The only zoom adjustment you have today is to resize the window and let it fit the image according to. This is not a very useful and precise approach.

So I'd like to suggest to drop the "Fit Image" button, and have a zoom combo, where you can select pre-defined zoom levels, like 25%, 50%, 100%, 200%, and so on. And the default could be 100%.

Comment 1 Mik Kersten

2007-11-21 21:49:50 EST

While Zoom could be a useful addition, I think that it is important to have a button that's either "Fit Image" or "Actual Size".  For example, the very nice and simple Vista image viewer has both, one beside the other (attachment coming).  Picasa has something parallel.  Fyi, in Vista the tooltip changes from "Actual Size" to "Fit to Window".  So while zoom could be useful, I think it would be in addition to, not as a replacement of, the "Actual Size" functionality?

Comment 2 Mik Kersten

2007-11-21 21:51:05 EST

Created attachment 83494 [details]
Vista image viewer

Comment 3 Eugene Kuleshov

2007-11-22 10:44:53 EST

Created attachment 83541 [details]
image viewer from bug 155353

image viewer from bug 155353. icons still need some work (zoom in, zoom out, fit and original size)

Comment 4 Willian Mitsuda

2007-11-22 14:27:08 EST

(In reply to comment #1)
> While Zoom could be a useful addition, I think that it is important to have a
> button that's either "Fit Image" or "Actual Size".  For example, the very nice
> and simple Vista image viewer has both, one beside the other (attachment
> coming).  Picasa has something parallel.  Fyi, in Vista the tooltip changes
> from "Actual Size" to "Fit to Window".  So while zoom could be useful, I think
> it would be in addition to, not as a replacement of, the "Actual Size"
> functionality?
> 

OK, I was in doubt if having the 2 would clutter the interface.

And what do you think about having the zoom initially adjusted to 100%? The Vista image editor initially fits the image, but I'm wondering if we should follow the same way for our screenshots, since it makes practically impossible to distinguish UI elements.

Comment 5 Steffen Pingel

2009-08-19 15:52:01 EDT

The screenshot page now supports setting a zoom level.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 277245 ***