| Summary: | Not clear enough how to end a screen recording | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] Spectacle | Reporter: | pqwoerituytrueiwoq |
| Component: | General | Assignee: | Noah Davis <noahadvs> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | 4wy78uwh, kde, kde, nate |
| Priority: | NOR | Keywords: | usability |
| Version First Reported In: | 6.3.4 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Other | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | https://invent.kde.org/plasma/spectacle/-/commit/97f209559c00acc1ea6d0736bb318ac0254a3e37 | Version Fixed In: | 6.5.0 |
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Description
pqwoerituytrueiwoq
2025-06-01 03:01:38 UTC
It might not be obvious enough, but the way to do it is to just use the same shortcut again, or any other shortcut for recording. For instance, Meta+R to start a rectangle recording and Meta+R to stop. would meta+R also stop meta+shift+R or would that result in 2 recording at the same time? (In reply to pqwoerituytrueiwoq from comment #2) > would meta+R also stop meta+shift+R or would that result in 2 recording at > the same time? Yes. Meta+Shift+R would also stop Meta+R. It is impossible to have two simultaneous recordings unless you launch a new instance of spectacle with `spectacle -i`. > 2. attempt to stop recording
> 3. umm how do i go about this
I think we need to dig into this, because that's the root cause of the issue.
When you start a recording, a notification appears telling you how to end it. In addition, a pulsing red icon appears in the system tray, and hovering over it indicates that you can click it to stop the recording.
I gather these weren't enough? Did you miss the notification, or reflexively close it without reading the contents? Was the System Tray icon hidden from view because you use an auto-hide panel? etc.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/spectacle/-/merge_requests/460 (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4) > I gather these weren't enough? Did you miss the notification, or reflexively close it without reading the contents? Was the System Tray icon hidden from view because you use an auto-hide panel? etc. He simply didn't have a system tray, so he had no way to end the recording without adding one. Actually he did, but he didn't know. to clarify i have a system tray, but only on one of my monitors, the full-screen content (a game running via proton in steam) was on the one with the tray (that is the screen i get notifications on as well, be nice if those could go on the other screen, but that is a different open existing issue) you could word the keybindings to indicate it will stop recording instead of just starting it (Record Rectangular Region/Record Screen/Record Window) when i did try to use the keybindings i could not tell if it was working and pressed it multiple times i ended up with several stop buttons in my tray , clicking on it gave me a tiny window with a un-decorated 'exit' button, it did not appear to be recording anything based on system usage (In reply to pqwoerituytrueiwoq from comment #8) > you could word the keybindings to indicate it will stop recording instead of > just starting it (Record Rectangular Region/Record Screen/Record Window) That sounds like a good idea. > when i did try to use the keybindings i could not tell if it was working and > pressed it multiple times i ended up with several stop buttons in my tray , > clicking on it gave me a tiny window with a un-decorated 'exit' button, it > did not appear to be recording anything based on system usage That sounds odd. I can't see any issues like this one. Could you post a separate bug report about this? i'll see if i can reproduce it later, have to get to work early today and probably tomorrow... i really need a day.addHours() function Git commit 7fd2fe158408b6285f9855f7fcf34e77d4ecb764 by Noah Davis. Committed on 13/06/2025 at 18:47. Pushed by ndavis into branch 'master'. Rename shortcuts to show that they can start or stop recording M +3 -3 desktop/org.kde.spectacle.desktop.cmake M +3 -3 src/ShortcutActions.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/spectacle/-/commit/7fd2fe158408b6285f9855f7fcf34e77d4ecb764 Git commit 97f209559c00acc1ea6d0736bb318ac0254a3e37 by Noah Davis. Committed on 13/06/2025 at 18:47. Pushed by ndavis into branch 'master'. Say which shortcut can stop recording in recording notification It will say Meta+R by default, but will show the shortcut used to initiate the recording instead if Meta+R isn't assigned to region recording. M +16 -0 src/Platforms/VideoPlatform.cpp M +4 -0 src/Platforms/VideoPlatform.h M +4 -2 src/Platforms/VideoPlatformWayland.cpp M +27 -1 src/SpectacleCore.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/spectacle/-/commit/97f209559c00acc1ea6d0736bb318ac0254a3e37 |