"Grab after a delay of..." is disabled for "Select area to grab" (`mate-screenshot -i`)

Bug #1751245 reported by Norbert
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
MATE Desktop
New
Unknown
mate-utils (Ubuntu)
Opinion
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Steps to reproduce:
1. Launch mate-screenshot interactively with `mate-screenshot -i`
2. Click on "Select are to grab" for taking screenshot of area
3. Try to set delay

Expected results:
User is able to set delay when creating screenshot of area

Actual results:
User is unable to set delay when creating screenshot of area - it is disabled.

First seen on AskUbuntu (https://askubuntu.com/q/1008771/66509).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: mate-utils 1.12.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-112.135-generic 4.4.98
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-112-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Fri Feb 23 13:21:43 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-01-04 (49 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: mate-utils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Norbert (nrbrtx) wrote :
Changed in mate-desktop:
status: Unknown → New
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in mate-utils (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: cosmic disco
removed: artful
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: eoan
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: focal
removed: cosmic
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: groovy
removed: disco eoan
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: hirsute
Revision history for this message
Sai Vinoba (saivinob) wrote :

Do we need the ability to set delay for 'Select area to grab' option? Isn't the delay inherent, in the sense, the cross-hair is on waiting for us to drag over an area and release the mouse button?

Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: removed: groovy
tags: removed: xenial
Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: added: impish jammy
Changed in mate-utils (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Opinion
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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