Bug 510342

Summary:	Spectacle not recording the context menu when recording just a single window
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	Jasmin <jasmin+kde>
Component:	General	Assignee:	Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	kde, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.4.5
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	Actions of #510340, but without a visible context menu

Description Jasmin 2025-10-07 13:19:05 UTC

Created attachment 185575 [details]
Actions of #510340, but without a visible context menu

SUMMARY
When recording a video for a specific window in Spectacle, the context menu for said window is not recorded.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open spectacle and limit the recording to a single window, e.g. Dolphin.
2. Trigger the context menu by right-clicking an item.
3. Stop the recording.

OBSERVED RESULT
The context menu is not visible.

EXPECTED RESULT
The context menu is visible.

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: 6.16.10-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1145G7 @ 2.60GHz
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.3 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The attachment shows the process in kmail. I tried to record https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510340 with just the built-in tools, which made me aware of this bug in the first place.