Bug 496029

Summary:	Sometimes Spectacle does not copy to clipboard in fullscreen apps
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	Oleh <postnozet>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	aspotashev, bugs, felix+kde, kde, kevundead, leesethefox, mahmoudshmaitelly, postnozet
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Oleh 2024-11-09 22:31:33 UTC

SUMMARY
Sometimes Spectacle does not copy to the clipboard in fullscreen apps

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open a game (Warframe for example)
2. Press the hotkey to take a screenshot on the active monitor


OBSERVED RESULT
There is no image in clipboard

EXPECTED RESULT
Image in clipboard

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.8.0
Qt Version: 6.8.0
Kernel Version: 6.11.7-lqx1-2-lqx (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D 8-Core Processor
Memory: 31.3 ГіБ of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name: MS-7C56
System Version: 6.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Spectacle is configured to copy to clipboard and save to folder (saving to folder always works)

1st monitor - 2560x1440@180hz
2nd monitor - 2560x1440@60hz

Logs:
22:10:53.653 UTC user@1000.service Starting Spectacle screenshot capture utility...
22:10:53.815 UTC user@1000.service Started Spectacle screenshot capture utility.
22:10:53.816 UTC user@1000.service kpipewire_vaapi_logging: VAAPI: Mesa Gallium driver 24.2.6-arch1.1 for AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (radeonsi, navi21, LLVM 18.1.8, DRM 3.59, 6.11.7-lqx1-2-lqx) in use for device "/dev/dri/renderD128"
22:10:57.089 UTC user@1000.service DataControlOffer: timeout reading from pipe

Comment 1 Mahmoud Shmaitelly 2024-12-29 17:51:20 UTC

I can report that when all apps are minimized or when no apps are opened, taking a spectacle does not copy the screenshot to the clipboard.

Comment 2 nonspace 2025-05-17 13:01:51 UTC

I can reproduce this, too specifically with rectangle selections and selecting "Copy". Notably it works to copy to clipboard when selecting "Export" -> "Share" -> "Copy to Clipboard" rather than just "Copy" or selecting copy to clipboard in settings.

Comment 3 Malkævian 2025-07-31 15:12:09 UTC

I have this same issue.

Ctrl-C has a 20% chance of working, but saving image to file always works.

For me, this is regardless of fullscreen or windowed applications (though it does seem to happen more in fullscreen apps), and the issue happens while giving me a notification that it *should* have copied to clipboard.

Distro: CachyOS
KDE Plasma: 6.4.3
Display Server: Wayland

Monitors: 2x AOC 1080p, 27" 240hz + 22" 60hz

Comment 4 leesethefox 2025-08-02 19:01:11 UTC

Same issue here. Spectacle successfully copies screenshots about 80% of the time, but the remaining 20% it fails to copy anything to the clipboard. When this happens, a clipboard entry is created but it appears blank/empty with no screenshot preview.

Environment:
- Desktop: Wayland
- OS: Fedora 42
- Plasma: 6.4.3
- KWin: 6.4.3-1.fc42.x86_64
- Spectacle: 6.4.3

Comment 5 bugs 2025-08-29 03:12:17 UTC

I can also reproduce this bug on spectacle 6.4.4 and spectacle 6.4.2. I have this issue irregardless when I capture rectangular regions, have not tested anything else.

Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2025-09-06 14:02:05 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kguiaddons/-/merge_requests/182

Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2025-10-14 18:11:55 UTC

A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/spectacle/-/merge_requests/481