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Simulator Gif Feature

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Description

Description

Record a gif of the simulator.

How to use it?

Click on share. Then click on the "record" button in the share dialog to start and stop the recording.

If you cannot see that button and you editor supports this experiment, go to About, then click Experiments and Simulator Screenshot. If you cannot see this card, your editor does not support yet this feature.

Feedback

Do you use this feature? Is there something you'd like to change? Did you encounter issues? Please drop a comment on this issue to send us your feedback.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by locating the simulator's Share dialog and the Simulator Screenshot experiment described in the issue; done means the Record button starts and stops a simulator GIF recording and the result can be used.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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