Macro Snip

Description

Use this macro to easily post screenshots to the FreeCAD forum.

Script

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Macro_Snip.FCMacro

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
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*   Copyright (c) 2019 <TheMarkster>                                 *
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"""



"""
Snip Macro

This is a macro to make it easier to post screenshots to the FreeCAD forum.

The forum supports a drag and drop interface -- just drag and drop an image to the
textarea where you type in your post.  But it still requires many
tedious steps.  This macro is to reduce some of those steps.

You should add the macro to your custom macro toolbar to save as many clicks as possible.

The first thing the macro does is to check if there is an image already saved to the 
system clipboard, and if so, it uses that one.  To bypass the clipboard, press Shift
while invoking the macro.

"""

__title__ = "Snip"
__author__ = "TheMarkster"
__url__ = ""
__Wiki__ = ""
__date__ = "2019.08.03"
__version__ = __date__


import FreeCAD
from PySide import QtGui,QtCore
from PySide2 import QtWidgets
import uuid
import time

#credit serge_gubenko of stackoverflow for this resizable QMessageBox
class MyMessageBox(QtGui.QMessageBox):
    def __init__(self):
        QtGui.QMessageBox.__init__(self)
        self.setSizeGripEnabled(True)
    def event(self, e):
        result = QtGui.QMessageBox.event(self, e)
        self.setMinimumHeight(0)
        self.setMaximumHeight(16777215)
        self.setMinimumWidth(0)
        self.setMaximumWidth(16777215)
        self.setSizePolicy(QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding)
        textEdit = self.findChild(QtGui.QTextEdit)
        if textEdit != None :
            textEdit.setMinimumHeight(0)
            textEdit.setMaximumHeight(16777215)
            textEdit.setMinimumWidth(0)
            textEdit.setMaximumWidth(16777215)
            textEdit.setSizePolicy(QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding, QtGui.QSizePolicy.Expanding)
        return result

skipClipboard = False
modifiers = QtGui.QApplication.keyboardModifiers()
if modifiers == QtCore.Qt.ShiftModifier:
    skipClipboard = True


fname = "Snip macro screenshot-"+str(uuid.uuid4())[:6]+".png"

image = None
if not skipClipboard:
    clip = QtGui.QClipboard()
    image = clip.image(QtGui.QClipboard.Clipboard)
if not image:
    #use our own screen grabber
    mb = MyMessageBox()
    mb.setStandardButtons(QtGui.QMessageBox.Ok