No highlight feature in Fireshot?

Question

Fireshot 0.89 (fixed); Vista HmPrem SP2; FX 4.0.1

No highlight feature in Fireshot? Haven't used Fireshot very long, but gone thru options / settings thoroughly. Appears only thing close to "highlighting" solid color over text is the "Glow" feature. That's fine for some things, not for highlighting lines of text - too large an area of color.

Could also use "Draw" & free hand along text, but it's not really a transparent color over the text and not a "clean" look, even if draw a narrow line around text.

Another question: why do the tool icons in R side pane disappear after each operation, until a new area is selected in screen? The blank tool pane remains visible - why not the tool icons?

Thanks.

Accepted Answer

I'm starting from the end of your message: The icons disappear because they're not available until selection is created. To highlight a rectangular area, please use Text and Shape tool.

Posted: 23 May 2011 19:31
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Fireshot 0.89 (fixed); Vista HmPrem SP2; FX 4.0.1 No highlight feature in Fireshot? Haven't used Fireshot very long, but gone thru options / settings thoroughly. Appears only thing close to "highlighting" solid color over text is the "Glow" feature. That's fine for some things, not for highlighting lines of text - too large an area of color. Could also use "Draw" & free hand along text, but it's not really a transparent color over the text and not a "clean" look, even if draw a narrow line around text. Another question: why do the tool icons in R side pane disappear after each operation, until a new area is selected in screen? The blank tool pane remains visible - why not the tool icons? Thanks.

Posted: 23 May 2011 19:38
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I'm starting from the end of your message: The icons disappear because they're not available until selection is created. To highlight a rectangular area, please use Text and Shape tool. __________________ FireShot Pro Pro Full Webpage Screenshots will be moving to a subscription model soon! There's a last chance to purchase a Lifetime License and get a 33% discount! - https://getfireshot.com/buy.php

Posted: 23 May 2011 20:44
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Thanks. Re: highlighting using Text and Shape tools. I don't see how the Text tool is useful for highlighting lines of text. Shape tool: Prob I'm having w/ it for highlighting, is it adds a text box above the rectangle drawn around selected text, and a "line" from selected text to text box. You can uncheck the "line" and "text" options in the R pane after selecting the text - but it won't save those preferences. Even on same screen grab, after unchecking the "line" & "text" options in Shape tool once, the next line of text you choose to highlight, it rechecks line & text-box options. It doesn't hold your preference changes for that session, much less permanently. Having to manually remove the text box & line on each new highlighted area doesn't make sense. Seems it would be more useful for Fireshot to save user preferences, if not a dedicated highlighting tool. Highlighting is a very common, useful feature in screen capture & other prgms.

Posted: 02 Sep 2015 19:08
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I totally agree and am surprised there is no highlight tool

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