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### Thumbnail

Creates a window that shows the selected area of the original window. Any changes to the original window's selected area will be reflected on the thumbnail, but the original application can't be controlled through the thumbnail. This mode has the best compatibility.
Creates a window that shows the selected area of the original window. Any changes to the original window's selected area will be reflected on the thumbnail, but the original application can't be controlled through the thumbnail. This mode has the best compatibility across apps.

### Reparent

Creates a window that replaces the original window, showing only the selected area. The application will now be controlled through the cropped window. Closing the cropped window will restore the original window.

Not every window will react well to being contained in another application so this mode has many compatibility issues. It's advisable to use the "Thumbnail" mode instead if you find that a window isn't responding well to being cropped with the "Reparent" mode.

### Screenshot

Creates a window that shows the selected area of the original window as a frozen snapshot. This mode has good compatibility across apps as well.

## Known issues

Crop And Lock currently has the following known issues:
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