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slop — Get a selection of the screen. More information: <https://manned.org/slop>.

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Problem

How to use the slop command: Get a selection of the screen. More information: <https://manned.org/slop>.

Solution

slop — Get a selection of the screen. More information: <https://manned.org/slop>.

Wait for the user to make a selection and output its geometry to stdout:

slop

Double click, rather than click and drag, to draw a selection:

slop {{[-D|--nodrag]}}

Highlight the selection rather than outlining it:

slop {{[-l|--highlight]}}

Specify the output format:

slop {{[-f|--format]}} {{format_string}}

Specify the selection rectangle's color:

slop {{[-c|--color]}} {{red}},{{green}},{{blue}},{{alpha}}

Code Snippets

Wait for the user to make a selection and output its geometry to `stdout`

slop

Double click, rather than click and drag, to draw a selection

slop {{[-D|--nodrag]}}

Highlight the selection rather than outlining it

slop {{[-l|--highlight]}}

Specify the output format

slop {{[-f|--format]}} {{format_string}}

Specify the selection rectangle's color

slop {{[-c|--color]}} {{red}},{{green}},{{blue}},{{alpha}}

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