flameshot-org / flameshot-org/flameshot

Make "noBorder" possible for Screenshots

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Description

At the Moment if you take a screenshot (rectangle area of the screen) it has an green border around.
Would be nice, if we could toggle this like needed.

Because sometimes I make a screenshot, pin it... move it to another point at the screen, take another screenshot (with the pinned one inside) and so on.
In this case, the Green Borders are a huge downside.

Se this image for an example... I've sliced 3 lines in an phpmyadmin web-browser window and concat them:

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Research direction

No source files or tests are named in the issue. Start by locating the screenshot capture and green-border rendering paths, then determine where a noBorder toggle belongs; done means a screenshot can be captured without the border while the current behavior remains available.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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