Bug 501644

Summary:	Open menus are only included in screenshots
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	Patrick Silva <bugseforuns>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	git-master
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Patrick Silva 2025-03-17 14:44:41 UTC

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. open Kate text editor
2. right-click on the text area
3. while the context menu is open, press printscreen key
4. open "New screenshot" menu on bottom and choose "Active window" or "Full screen" or "Select window" mode

OBSERVED RESULT
screenshot of Kate is taken without the context menu

EXPECTED RESULT
screenshot of Kate is taken with the context menu

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.13.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Graphics Platform: Wayland

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-03-17 16:49:14 UTC

It's because when you take a new screenshot with the app already open, Spectacle literally... takes a new screenshot. By that point, the context menu has already closed because of the act of opening Spectacle.

If we did anything different, people would complain that it was impossible to capture changing content until you quit the app.

Comment 2 Patrick Silva 2025-03-18 13:07:06 UTC

Spectacle does not capture the menu in "Active window" mode even when the delay feature is used.

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-03-19 18:30:21 UTC

I guess menus aren't counted. That probably makes sense to change, but it would be an enhancement; so it needs a new bug report.

Comment 4 Noah Davis 2025-03-19 19:10:08 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 470341 ***

Comment 5 Noah Davis 2025-03-19 19:11:02 UTC

This is an issue specific to the KWin screenshot backend.

Comment 6 Noah Davis 2025-03-19 19:13:42 UTC

Actually since this was originally about taking a new screenshot after opening a context menu, I'm putting the status back to RESOLVED NOTABUG. You may be interested in the bug report that I had marked this as a duplicate of though.