From 03c97e036699eabb100bcd0be879d7c262bb87ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chatasweetie <jessica.dene.earley@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 12:53:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] remove recording indicator from snapshot window

---
 .../Views/SnapshotWindow.xaml                 | 25 -------------------
 .../Views/SnapshotWindow.xaml.cs              | 13 ----------
 2 files changed, 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesEditor.WinUI/Views/SnapshotWindow.xaml b/src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesEditor.WinUI/Views/SnapshotWindow.xaml
index d2917a802d..294c9ad219 100644
--- a/src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesEditor.WinUI/Views/SnapshotWindow.xaml
+++ b/src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesEditor.WinUI/Views/SnapshotWindow.xaml
@@ -18,31 +18,6 @@
             <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
         </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
 
-        <!--  Recording indicator  -->
-        <StackPanel
-            Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
-            Margin="0,12,0,4"
-            HorizontalAlignment="Center"
-            Orientation="Horizontal"
-            Spacing="8">
-            <Ellipse
-                x:Name="RecordingDot"
-                Width="12"
-                Height="12"
-                VerticalAlignment="Center"
-                Fill="Red">
-                <Ellipse.OpacityTransition>
-                    <ScalarTransition Duration="0:0:0.6" />
-                </Ellipse.OpacityTransition>
-            </Ellipse>
-            <TextBlock
-                x:Uid="CapturingLabel"
-                VerticalAlignment="Center"
-                FontSize="13"
-                FontWeight="SemiBold"
-                Foreground="{ThemeResource SystemFillColorCriticalBrush}" />
-        </StackPanel>
-
         <ContentControl
             Grid.Row="1"
             Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
diff --git a/src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesEditor.WinUI/Views/SnapshotWindow.xaml.cs b/src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesEditor.WinUI/Views/SnapshotWindow.xaml.cs
index ddc8357ab4..d7b71c04a2 100644
--- a/src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesEditor.WinUI/Views/SnapshotWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/modules/Workspaces/WorkspacesEditor.WinUI/Views/SnapshotWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ namespace WorkspacesEditor.Views
 {
     public sealed partial class SnapshotWindow : Window
     {
-        private readonly Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DispatcherTimer _pulseTimer;
         private bool _captured;
-        private bool _dotVisible = true;
 
         public SnapshotWindow()
         {
@@ -58,16 +56,6 @@ namespace WorkspacesEditor.Views
             int y = workArea.Y + ((workArea.Height - 200) / 2);
             appWindow.Move(new Windows.Graphics.PointInt32(x, y));
 
-            // Pulse the recording dot
-            _pulseTimer = new Microsoft.UI.Xaml.DispatcherTimer();
-            _pulseTimer.Interval = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(600);
-            _pulseTimer.Tick += (s, e) =>
-            {
-                _dotVisible = !_dotVisible;
-                RecordingDot.Opacity = _dotVisible ? 1.0 : 0.15;
-            };
-            _pulseTimer.Start();
-
             this.Closed += OnClosed;
 
             // Set focus to the Capture button when window loads
@@ -102,7 +90,6 @@ namespace WorkspacesEditor.Views
 
         private void OnClosed(object sender, WindowEventArgs args)
         {
-            _pulseTimer.Stop();
             if (!_captured)
             {
                 StrongReferenceMessenger.Default.Send(new SnapshotCancelledMessage());