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The screenshot ledge

Every screenshot on a glass ledge under the menu bar.

3 minDesklot 0.3.1

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  1. Getting started
  2. Boxes
  3. Peek and hide
  4. Screenshot ledge
  5. Desklot Tools
  6. Finder Services
  7. Keyboard shortcuts
  8. License
  9. Troubleshooting

Screenshots to the ledge

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  1. 1

    Take screenshots as always

    ⌘⇧3 ⌘⇧4 ⌘⇧5, or ⌃⌘⇧4.

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    Up to the ledge

    And to the clipboard.

Open the ledge

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A screenshot, and three ways to open the ledge.

Try it
  1. 1

    Rest at the top center

  2. 2

    Press ⌃⌥S

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    Or Show ledge

Copy, open or drag one

  1. 1

    Click to copy

  2. 2

    Drag it out

    Double-click opens it.

  3. 3

    ✕ takes it off

  4. Illustration: the right-click menu of a screenshot, with Copy the Text and Read QR Code.Illustration: the right-click menu of a screenshot, with Copy the Text and Read QR Code.
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    Right-click for more

See it big, copy its text

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  1. 1

    Rest the pointer on it

  2. 2

    Select text, press ⌘C

  3. 3

    Links come alive

QR codes

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    A badge marks each QR

    Click to open or copy.

  2. 2

    Desktop images too

Crop it

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    Click Crop

  2. 2

    Return crops, Esc cancels

    Remove Shadow keeps just the window.

Saved over the original. Undo or ⌘Z for 8 seconds.

Many at once

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    Pick with the circle

    Or ⌘-click them.

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    Then act on all

Delete, and undo

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    A whole day, or all

    Both ask twice.

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    Undo for 8 seconds

    Or ⌘Z.

The ledge by keyboard

  • ←→Choose one
  • ↩Copy it
  • ⌘YSee it big
  • ⌘⌫Move to the Trash
  • ⌘ZUndo the delete
  • EscClose the ledge

Settings

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    Settings › Ledge

  2. 2

    VoiceOver and Reduce Motion

    With Reduce Motion, nothing flies.

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