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Measure distance in pixels on screen

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I'd like to draw a rectangle on the screen and get the dimensions in pixels of that rectangle. A bit like a ruler in order to measure the distance on screen.

I'm using Sway version 1.8 on Arch Linux 5.19.9.

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Matthias Braun‭

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Matthias Braun‭	(no comment)	May 10, 2023 at 18:35

One way to do this is using slurp and its -d option.

Here's an example of slurp -d on Sway:

Demonstration of slurp -d