DMS-ScreenCapture_Toolbar

Premium Screen Capture Management

A high-end, glassmorphic floating pill toolbar for the Dank Material Shell. Seamlessly switch between photo and video modes with tactile animations and dynamic, mode-aware controls.

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Requires Dank Material Shell (DMS) 1.0 or higher.

Requirements

To ensure all features work correctly, the following dependencies are recommended:

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• Dank Material Shell (DMS) 1.0 or higher.
• slurp: Required for Interactive Mode region selection.
• gpu-screen-recorder: Required for high-performance video recording.
• jq: Required for automatic monitor detection in video mode (parses compositor JSON output).

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt install slurp gpu-screen-recorder jq

# Fedora
sudo dnf install slurp gpu-screen-recorder jq

Keyboard Shortcuts

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The toolbar supports the following keyboard interactions when open:

• Space: Trigger capture or start/stop recording (configurable behavior).
• Ctrl + Space: Secondary capture mode (typically "Edit Mode", can be swapped or disabled in settings).
• Escape: Dismiss the toolbar.

If the editor pipe command is empty, the toolbar uses:

{ mkdir -p "$HOME/Pictures/Screenshots"; satty --filename - --output-filename "$HOME/Pictures/Screenshots/screenshot_$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')_edit.png"; }

If satty is not installed, a notification is shown so you can install it or set a custom editor pipe command such as swappy -f -.

You can customize the power-user workflow in the settings:

• Swap Shortcuts: Exchange the functionality of Space and Ctrl + Space.
• Disable Editor Shortcut: Completely remove the Ctrl + Space interaction and UI hint.

Controller Shortcuts

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The toolbar fully supports native gamepad and controller interactions without third-party mapping software:

• D-Pad Up / Left Stick Up: Open the Monitor Selection Popup.
• D-Pad Right / Left Stick Right: Open the Capture Delay Popup.
• D-Pad Down / Left Stick Down: Open Settings/Options Popup.
• D-Pad (All) / Left Stick (All): Navigate focus across buttons, toggles, and dropdowns.
• LT / RT: Switch between Capture Modes (Photo / Video).
• LB / RB: Switch between Capture Types (Interactive / Monitor / All).
• A Button: Trigger capture, start/stop recording, or toggle the focused option.
• B Button: Dismiss the toolbar or close the currently active popup.
• Home / Guide: Stop an active screen recording (usable while the toolbar is hidden).

Features

• Premium Glassmorphism: Translucent, theme-aware "Floating Pill" design with configurable toolbar and recording pill opacity.
• Multi-Monitor Recording Pill: "Click-to-Move" logic with screen-aware positioning, allowing you to move the recording pill across connected displays.
• Adaptive Theme Support: Intelligent UI that dynamically flips icon and text colors between black and white based on your theme brightness for guaranteed visibility.
• Smart Recording Pill: A collapsible, high-frequency overlay that displays live recording duration and provides instant access to stop, pause, and screenshot actions.
• Tactile Interaction: Features playful 360° spins, tilt-and-jump micro-animations, and responsive Dank Ripples on every interactive element.
• Dynamic Settings: A context-aware popup bubble that automatically filters capture settings (FPS, Audio, Formats) based on your active mode (Photo vs. Video).
• Flexible Recording Audio: Record system output audio and microphone input independently.
• Separate Output Settings: Screenshots and recordings can use independent custom directories and filenames.
• Versatile Capture: Native support for interactive region selection, active monitor focus, full-workspace grabbing, and optional slurp + grim multi-monitor screenshots.
• Configurable Capture Delay: For non-interactive screenshot modes, a Timer icon allows choosing 3s, 5s, or 10s delays for capture.
• Power Workflow: Lightning-fast controls with Spacebar to trigger captures, Ctrl+Space to send a screenshot to the editor, and Escape for instant dismissal.
• Controller Support : Navigate, configure, and capture entirely via gamepads and controllers using native IPC events and zero external mapping software.

DMS Shortcut Setup

To open the toolbar from a keyboard shortcut, add an entry in DMS Settings -> Keyboard Shortcuts:

• Type: Run a program
• Action: dms ipc call screenCaptureToolbar toggle

Multi-Monitor Screenshots

Interactive screenshot capture can optionally use slurp and grim for region selection across displays. Enable Multi-Monitor Screenshots in settings to use this path. When disabled, screenshots keep using the standard dms screenshot behavior.

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Configuration

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Before reporting a new issue, take a look at the FAQ, the changelog and the already opened issues.

Credits

Built with ❤️ for the Dank Material Shell community.

Disclaimer

This application is an independent utility for Dank Material Shell.

📜 License

Part of DankMaterialShell. Check the main repository for license information.