Bug 480794

Summary:	rectangular area not visible
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	Andreas Beder <office>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	23.08.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Kubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Andreas Beder 2024-02-03 18:44:05 UTC

SUMMARY
While taking a screenshot with the rectangular area function, the area is not gray transparent with as before, its just 100% transparent, without borders, so only the different cursor state are an indicator where the edges are.  




STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. select rectangular area (in my german version "Rechteckiger Bereich")
2. try to select specific area


OBSERVED RESULT
The selection area is completely transparent, without visible borders.  

EXPECTED RESULT
The selection area is half transparent, with visible borders. 

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu

KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.110.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
Windowsystem: xcb

Comment 1 Noah Davis 2024-02-03 22:30:59 UTC

I cannot reproduce this. Can you post a screenshot?

Comment 2 Noah Davis 2024-02-03 22:32:13 UTC

You can take a screenshot of spectacle by running spectacle in the terminal with the `-i` or `--new-instance` option.

Comment 3 Andreas Beder 2024-02-04 06:39:23 UTC

i tested on another device.
Usually the whole screen went half transparent, the selection area had a blue border and was fully transparent. 
On my desktop the whole screen stayed as it is and the blue border of the selection area is not visible. 
So making a screenshot of something which is not there, make no sense imo.

Comment 4 Andreas Beder 2024-02-04 09:48:28 UTC

some logs from syslog:

2024-02-04T10:46:15.602738+01:00 systemd[2112]: Started app-org.kde.spectacle-08f2a14057114258a980f594276d82ed.scope - Spectacle - Dienstprogramm für Bildschirmfotos.

2024-02-04T10:46:16.596379+01:00 krunner[20392]: qrc:/src/Gui/CaptureOptions.qml:44:5: QML CaptureSettingsColumn (parent or ancestor of QQuickLayoutAttached): Binding loop detected for property "minimumWidth"

2024-02-04T10:46:27.061343+01:00 kwin_x11[2643]: qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 3 (BadWindow), sequence: 23220, resource id: 81788986, major code: 15 (QueryTree), minor code: 0

Comment 5 Bug Janitor Service 2024-02-19 03:46:09 UTC

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Comment 6 Noah Davis 2025-06-01 21:38:44 UTC

Is this still a problem?

Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2025-06-16 03:47:35 UTC

🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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Comment 8 Bug Janitor Service 2025-07-01 03:47:43 UTC

🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.