Bug 511051

Summary: Blue dots are visible in recording from rectangle bounding box
Product: [Applications] Spectacle Reporter: Daniel Cleaver <daninshed>
Component: GeneralAssignee: Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
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: Monitor layout with location of each example video
example 1
example 2
example 3
example 4

Description Daniel Cleaver 2025-10-24 21:05:38 UTC
Created attachment 186106 [details]
Monitor layout with location of each example video

SUMMARY
When using the Rectangular Region recording mode and touching an edge or corner of the screen, the blue dots indicating the rectangle bounding box are visible in the output recording.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Spectacle > New Recording > Rectangular Region.
2. Select a region along an edge or corner of your monitor region.

OBSERVED RESULT
In the output recording, there are blue half, quarter, or 3-quarter circles.

EXPECTED RESULT
For this not to happen.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.17.4-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 20 × Intel® Core™ i5-14600K
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.1 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Graphics Processor 2: Intel® Graphics
Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
Product Name: MS-7D43
System Version: 1.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I am going to post 4 output recordings that have the blue dots. I have also attached a pic of my monitor layout showing which corner I took each video in.
Comment 1 Daniel Cleaver 2025-10-24 21:06:27 UTC
Created attachment 186108 [details]
example 1
Comment 2 Daniel Cleaver 2025-10-24 21:06:39 UTC
Created attachment 186109 [details]
example 2
Comment 3 Daniel Cleaver 2025-10-24 21:06:51 UTC
Created attachment 186110 [details]
example 3
Comment 4 Daniel Cleaver 2025-10-24 21:07:03 UTC
Created attachment 186111 [details]
example 4
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2025-10-25 16:04:29 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 505729 ***