arakis / gcaliper

gCaliper is a screen caliper to measure pixel distances, even with variable rotation.

gCaliper

gCaliper is a screen caliper to measure pixel distances, even with variable rotation. The theme is customizable. Windows, Linux and Mac.

Download

You can download a build here: https://github.com/arakis/gcaliper/releases/latest

Extract the archive. The executable is called gcaliper.exe

Build

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Arakis/gcaliper.git
cd gcaliper

You need the .NET7 SDK. Run within the src directory:

dotnet build

If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

Contribution

In the moment i'm looking for help to create a DEB and RPM package.

Documentation

• Use Arrow keys to move
• Use Control+Arrow keys to resize
• Use Shift for bigger steps
• You can rotate with Mouse or with R and T key.
• Use Control while rotation for variable angle
• Use Shift while rotation to snap to 45° steps
• Use V key and H key to switch between horizontal and vertical angle.
• Right click for context menu
• N key minimizes the application
• Home key sets the distance to 0 and End key sets the distance to nearly to screen dimension
• C key changes jaw color
• Control+Q or Control+W quits the application