Don't remember last area when starting a new freeform recording

[mrleblanc101]

I think this is new, but I don't like it. When I start a new freeform recording, instead of being able to drag the region I want to record, I'm blocked because the previously recorded area has been remembered.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/85f8a29f-b184-424c-864e-4b60413cb056

[iby]

Thanks for the feedback @mrleblanc101. Yes, this has changed recently as part of the selection menu redesign and based on a lot of feedback on how the earlier version of remembering the selection was unobviously annoying. To be fair, it was pretty unobviously annoying.

What I don't want to do here is cluttering the selection menu with anything that isn't immediately useful to most users. From observations, remembering previous selection is usually a one-time choice – people either use it or not. So, adding this into app settings (and quick selection menu settings) should be enough. I'll add this into the frontlog.

Also, a more annoying case where this would transpire is after auto-restoring the full screen selection, where the selection edges are not that visible and it's hard to tell if selection exists or not.

Let me know if you have further comments on this? 👍