Bug 509812

Summary:	"New recording" context menu is visible on X11 but will not open
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	Alex Attis <alexattis590>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	junior-jobs, X11-only
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Alex Attis 2025-09-23 01:38:50 UTC

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SUMMARY
No context menu appears when "new recording" is clicked

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open Spectacle
2. Click on "new recording"

OBSERVED RESULT
The context menu will not open when clicked on

EXPECTED RESULT
The context menu should open, revealing recording options

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.18.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.16.7-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 4 × Intel® Xeon® E-2124 CPU @ 3.30GHz
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Quadro P620
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-09-23 16:39:03 UTC

This is a bug; you're using X11, wherein screen recording is not supported in Spectacle, but the UI for it isn't hidden as it should be.

Comment 2 Alex Attis 2025-09-25 02:26:59 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> This is a bug; you're using X11, wherein screen recording is not supported
> in Spectacle, but the UI for it isn't hidden as it should be.

Ah. It would be nice to have it greyed out with a message saying "X11 isn't supported" or eliminated entirely.