PortionOfScreen
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egonl
Workflow improvement
Hi,
Is it possible to somehow improve the workflow with this tool?
Currently, when you start sharing, the PortionOfScreen window is brought to front automatically, and if you click, you get the how-to dialog about usage. That's a good idea when you use it for the first time, maybe, but not for regular usage.
When you start sharing, you then need to immediately go to taskbar and select another window so you can work. I forget to do this maybe 90% of time and the sharing session starts with unpleasant confusion on both sides, when I start shuffling window, minimize the PortionOfScreen window by accident (which automatically stops sharing) .... etc.
I have several suggestions: a) Can we click through the window, instead of bringing up the how-to dialog? Essentially, we do not want a window, but a frame only, which can be used to be screen-shared with someone.
b) If not, can we at least make the window "hide itself" when brought to front? Somehow recognize the fact that the sharing has been initiated, so the window would travel to the very background of the screen and the other windows which are prepared in the shared screen area are immediately ready to be clicked at?
There is another tool, Region to Share, which does the workflow better, but uses way too much CPU and the shared region is always somewhat "off" to what the user has selected.
Another potential solution: leave the “about” screen as the left-click action, but make right-click move PortionOfScreen to the back, behind all other windows.
@martkopecky Version 1.1 implements mrsonicblue's solution. Does that work for you?
Thank you very much. Nearly there!
Why don't we switch the button logic and make:
- the left button bring the window behind all the other windows
- the right button to show the about dialog.
I think it would fit the major use case better - no hassle screen sharing that is.
I just tried switching the buttons (see zip), but I'm not sure I like it. It's weird to see the window disappear when you left click it. Huh, did I click close? Did it crash? It feels a bit unnatural to me. Right clicking to make it disappear doesn't bother me as much. PortionOfScreen.zip
Hmm, I really like it. I don't need to think about the tool at all when starting sharing like this - so it almost feels like native experience. I will use this version.
... but since you started publishing new versions, using this old one will not be sustainable in long term. Is there any chance to have the behavior for right click/left click configurable?
Still relevant to me as I will be locked on the historical version indefinitely. Any chance to have the behavior configurable, pretty please? 👍