Save paths for screen recording and screenshots (#2354)

dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/common/Config.qml

@@ -475,6 +475,14 @@ Singleton {
                 }
             }
 
+            property JsonObject screenRecord: JsonObject {
+                property string savePath: Directories.videos.replace("file://","") // strip "file://"
+            }
+
+            property JsonObject screenSnip: JsonObject {
+                property string savePath: "" // only copy to clipboard when empty
+            }
+
             property JsonObject sounds: JsonObject {
                 property bool battery: false
                 property bool pomodoro: false

dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/regionSelector/RegionSelection.qml

@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ PanelWindow {
     property var selectionMode: RegionSelection.SelectionMode.RectCorners
     signal dismiss()
     
+    property string saveScreenshotDir: Config.options.screenSnip.savePath !== ""
+                                       ? Config.options.screenSnip.savePath
+                                       : ""
+
     property string screenshotDir: Directories.screenshotTemp
     property string imageSearchEngineBaseUrl: Config.options.search.imageSearch.imageSearchEngineBaseUrl
     property string fileUploadApiEndpoint: "https://uguu.se/upload"
@@ -259,7 +263,23 @@ PanelWindow {
         }
         switch (root.action) {
             case RegionSelection.SnipAction.Copy:
-                snipProc.command = ["bash", "-c", `${cropToStdout} | wl-copy && ${cleanup}`]
+                if (saveScreenshotDir === "") {
+                    // not saving the screenshot, just copy to clipboard
+                    snipProc.command = ["bash", "-c", `${cropToStdout} | wl-copy && ${cleanup}`]
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                const savePathBase = root.saveScreenshotDir
+
+                snipProc.command = [
+                    "bash", "-c",
+                    `mkdir -p '${StringUtils.shellSingleQuoteEscape(savePathBase)}' && \
+                    saveFileName="screenshot-$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H.%M.%S').png" && \
+                    savePath="${savePathBase}/$saveFileName" && \
+                    ${cropToStdout} | tee >(wl-copy) > "$savePath" && \
+                    ${cleanup}`
+                ]
+
                 break;
             case RegionSelection.SnipAction.Edit:
                 snipProc.command = ["bash", "-c", `${cropToStdout} | swappy -f - && ${cleanup}`]

dots/.config/quickshell/ii/modules/settings/ServicesConfig.qml

@@ -85,6 +85,31 @@ ContentPage {
         
     }
 
+    ContentSection {
+        icon: "file_open"
+        title: Translation.tr("Save paths")
+
+        MaterialTextArea {
+            Layout.fillWidth: true
+            placeholderText: Translation.tr("Video Recording Path")
+            text: Config.options.screenRecord.savePath
+            wrapMode: TextEdit.Wrap
+            onTextChanged: {
+                Config.options.screenRecord.savePath = text;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        MaterialTextArea {
+            Layout.fillWidth: true
+            placeholderText: Translation.tr("Screenshot Path (leave empty to just copy)")
+            text: Config.options.screenSnip.savePath
+            wrapMode: TextEdit.Wrap
+            onTextChanged: {
+                Config.options.screenSnip.savePath = text;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     ContentSection {
         icon: "search"
         title: Translation.tr("Search")

dots/.config/quickshell/ii/scripts/videos/record.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+CONFIG_FILE="$HOME/.config/illogical-impulse/config.json"
+JSON_PATH=".screenRecord.savePath"
+
+CUSTOM_PATH=$(jq -r "$JSON_PATH" "$CONFIG_FILE" 2>/dev/null)
+
+RECORDING_DIR=""
+
+if [[ -n "$CUSTOM_PATH" ]]; then
+    RECORDING_DIR="$CUSTOM_PATH"
+else
+    RECORDING_DIR="$HOME/Videos" # Use default path
+fi
+
 getdate() {
     date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H.%M.%S'
 }
@@ -10,12 +23,8 @@ getactivemonitor() {
     hyprctl monitors -j | jq -r '.[] | select(.focused == true) | .name'
 }
 
-xdgvideo="$(xdg-user-dir VIDEOS)"
+mkdir -p "$RECORDING_DIR"
-if [[ $xdgvideo = "$HOME" ]]; then
+cd "$RECORDING_DIR" || exit
-  unset xdgvideo
-fi
-mkdir -p "${xdgvideo:-$HOME/Videos}"
-cd "${xdgvideo:-$HOME/Videos}" || exit
 
 # parse --region <value> without modifying $@ so other flags like --fullscreen still work
 ARGS=("$@")