Bug 507775

Summary: 'Show capture instructions' is not being respected
Product: [Applications] Spectacle Reporter: xteamholy
Component: GeneralAssignee: Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status: ASSIGNED ---    
Severity: normal CC: kde, kdedev, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.4.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Spectacle settings

Description xteamholy 2025-08-02 08:55:43 UTC
Created attachment 183728 [details]
Spectacle settings

SUMMARY
While having the setting "Show capture instructions" unchecked and taking a rectangular screenshot, the tooltip giving instructions on how to take a screenshot is still present.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Disable 'Show capture instructions' in Spectacle configuration
2. Launch the rectangular screenshot tool

OBSERVED RESULT
Tooltip is still present

EXPECTED RESULT
Tooltip should not be present when 'Show capture instructions' is unchecked

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux
Kernel Version: 6.15.8-arch1-2 (64-bit)
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Graphics Platform: Wayland

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-08-06 20:34:03 UTC
I confirm this on Spectacle 6.4.3 on Plasma built from git-master.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-09-24 20:30:01 UTC
Oops, we actually removed the giant instructional text box, but I guess we forgot to remove the UI to toggle it on or off.
Comment 3 xteamholy 2025-09-25 16:16:27 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2)
> Oops, we actually removed the giant instructional text box, but I guess we
> forgot to remove the UI to toggle it on or off.

Could you clarify which text box you're talking about? Because as of 6.4.5.1 I am still seeing a textbox in the middle of the screen when capturing a region that says "Click and drag to make a selection"

I assumed that the checkbox mentioned in the bug was for that specific textbox, perhaps I was mistaken?
Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-09-25 19:24:53 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/spectacle/-/merge_requests/478