Bug 432165

Summary:	On Wayland, I can't take a screenshot by pressing printscreen key while Spectacle is open
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	Patrick Silva <bugseforuns>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Boudhayan Gupta <me>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, philipp.reichmuth
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	20.12.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Patrick Silva 2021-01-26 15:39:14 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. start Wayland session
2. open Spectacle and make sure "Take a new screenshot" option is selected under "While Spectacle is running > Press screenshot key to:" in its settings
3. press printscreen key while Spectacle is open 

OBSERVED RESULT
Spectacle displays an inline error message: "Could not take a screenshot. Please report this bug here: create a spectacle bug".

EXPECTED RESULT
Spectacle should take a new screenshot after the last step

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.90
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.78.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2

Comment 1 phrxmd 2021-02-24 11:46:20 UTC

Happens to me too (bug 433530), but even when Spectacle is closed or when I `kill -9` the spectacle process.

Comment 2 Patrick Silva 2021-05-13 21:48:43 UTC

I can't reproduce with Spectacle 21.04.1.

Operating System: Arch Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.21.90
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.82.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Graphics Platform: Wayland