Floating Previews
Every capture appears as a floating, always-on-top preview card. Pin it to your screen for reference. Stack multiple captures. Drag them around. Resize them. They stay visible on top of all your other windows — and the last twelve wait in the tray even after their card has gone.
Recent captures
Pin · stack · restoreCaptures stack up, one gets pinned so it survives the timeout that clears the rest, and the tray puts an expired one back on screen.
Preview cards dismiss themselves after 5, 10 or 20 seconds, or never, whichever you prefer. Whatever the setting, every capture is also kept in a small ring, so letting one disappear is no longer a decision you have to make in five seconds.
A Recent captures menu in the tray puts any of the last twelve back on screen as an ordinary card, ready to pin, copy, or open in Studio.
"Keep recent captures" can be switched off in settings, which also forgets whatever is already stored. There is a Clear recent captures item in the tray too.
The ring lives on your machine like everything else. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is synced, and quitting cleans up the temporary files created by dragging a capture out.
Preview cards float above all other windows. They stay visible while you work in other apps — perfect for referencing a design, a spec, or an error message while you code.
Click the pin icon to keep a preview card permanently. Pinned cards survive app restarts and system reboots. Your reference material stays put until you dismiss it.
Move preview cards anywhere on your screen by dragging. Resize them to be as large or small as you need. They remember their position and size.
Take several screenshots and they stack neatly in the corner. Each one is its own card that you can move, pin, or dismiss independently.
Unpinned previews fade away after a configurable timer so they don't clutter your screen. Only pinned cards stick around permanently.
From any preview card you can copy to clipboard again, open the annotation editor, pin or unpin, or close. Everything is one click away.
Design reference — capture a mockup or spec, pin it next to your editor, and build pixel-by-pixel without switching windows.
Comparing before and after — take a screenshot before your change, pin it. Make the change. Take another screenshot. Compare them side by side.
Error messages — when a build fails or an error pops up, capture it and pin the preview. Keep it visible while you debug without hunting through logs.
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