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Make Picture-in-Picture "mask" the window instead of drawing a region #658

@cassidyjames

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@cassidyjames

Right now PiP works by drawing a rectangular region on the window, which has some issues:

  • You only get one shot; if you mess up, you have to close PiP and start over
  • The original window sticks around, meaning you have two copies of the content
  • It's unclear what you're supposed to do when you hit the shortcut

Instead, we should switch to a corner grabber design that masks/clips the window down to the chosen PiP area, with an explicit "confirm" button to complete the area selection. Here is a sketch I did a while back:

MVIMG_20191211_220137

And here is a rough motion mockup on YouTube.

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