

Otherwise that floating icon would not look as though it is being dragged. In this case, I also included the cursor. Here is an example of a capture where I used Delayed Capture.

Now, if I press some hotkey or go to SnagIt menu, the drag-drop operation itself gets cancelled. Going to the menu or pressing a hotkey will interfere with the very process which you are trying to capture.įor example, I want to show how the cursor looks WHILE I am dragging something from one place to another.

When will this method of triggering not work for you? You either choose the capture profile from the menu or use a hotkey. In order to understand the need for delayed capture, we must look at the capture invocation. But the real question is – when do you use it? Here is a practical situation in which Delayed Capture is extremely useful. It is easy enough to understand how it works. Usually capture starts as soon as you invoke it.
