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[ZoomIt] Settings UX improvements

Open vanzue opened this issue 1 month ago • 7 comments

Summary of the Pull Request

This PR enhances the ZoomIt settings UI by refactoring some of the XAML code and putting instructions as part of the settingsexpanders. Additionally, the alternate hotkey combinations are now shown too and will be updated based on the configured hotkey. Users will now be able to see all the hotkeys.

PR Checklist

  • [x] Closes: #42236
  • [ ] Communication: I've discussed this with core contributors already. If the work hasn't been agreed, this work might be rejected
  • [ ] Tests: Added/updated and all pass
  • [ ] Localization: All end-user-facing strings can be localized
  • [ ] Dev docs: Added/updated
  • [ ] New binaries: Added on the required places
  • [ ] Documentation updated: If checked, please file a pull request on our docs repo and link it here: #xxx

Detailed Description of the Pull Request / Additional comments

Validation Steps Performed

ZoomIt Extended (Derived) Hotkeys

Feature Base Key Property Default Base Key Derived Key Property XOR Logic Default Derived Key Description
LiveZoom LiveZoomToggleKey Ctrl+4 LiveZoomToggleKeyDraw XOR Shift Ctrl+Shift+4 Enter drawing mode in LiveZoom
Record RecordToggleKey Ctrl+5 RecordToggleKeyCrop XOR Shift Ctrl+Shift+5 Record selected region (crop)
Record RecordToggleKey Ctrl+5 RecordToggleKeyWindow XOR Alt Ctrl+Alt+5 Record specific window
Snip SnipToggleKey Ctrl+6 SnipToggleKeySave XOR Shift Ctrl+Shift+6 Snip and save to file
DemoType DemoTypeToggleKey Ctrl+7 DemoTypeToggleKeyReset XOR Shift Ctrl+Shift+7 Rewind to previous segment

vanzue avatar Oct 29 '25 13:10 vanzue

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