sway better image capture, with cursors and mouse over by first capturing all outputs, then displaying each captured image on each output and using slurp and grim to select and capture from these "overlay" images. Requires: sway, grim, jq, swayimg, slurp.

gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Create a temporary directory for screenshots
tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)

# Get the list of active outputs
outputs=$(swaymsg -t get_outputs | jq -r '.[] | select(.active) | .name')

initial_focus=$(swaymsg -t get_outputs | jq -r '.[] | select(.focused) | .name')

# Capture and display each output
for output in $outputs; do
    # Capture the entire screen for the current output
    grim -c -o "$output" "$tmpdir/$output.png"
done

# Display the screenshot in fullscreen on the corresponding output
for output in $outputs; do
  swaymsg focus output "$output"

  swayimg -f "$tmpdir/$output.png" &

  # Wait a moment for the images to display
  sleep 0.1
done

swaymsg focus output "$initial_focus"

# Select a region
region=$(slurp)

if [ -n "$region" ]; then
  # Capture the selected region and copy to clipboard
  grim -g "$region" - | wl-copy
fi

# Kill the image viewer
pkill swayimg

# Clean up temporary files
rm -rf "$tmpdir"