Bug 511477

Summary: `--no-shadow` doesn't prevent shadows being captured in 6.5.1
Product: [Applications] Spectacle Reporter: Roke Julian Lockhart Beedell <4wy78uwh>
Component: GeneralAssignee: Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: kde
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.5.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Fedora RPMs   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool/issues/11615#issue-3578346685:~:text=are%20in%20:rak::-,Image,-Activity
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments: A Screencast That Demonstrates That It Always Captures Shadows In 6.5.1

Description Roke Julian Lockhart Beedell 2025-11-01 19:27:28 UTC
Created attachment 186396 [details]
A Screencast That Demonstrates That It Always Captures Shadows In 6.5.1

# SUMMARY

`--no-shadow` doesn't prevent shadows being captured in 6.5.1, but did in 6.4.5.

# STEPS TO REPRODUCE

`spectacle --no-shadow --windowundercursor`

# OBSERVED RESULT

`--no-shadow` doesn't prevent shadows being captured.

# EXPECTED RESULT

It should, as it did in 6.4.5.

# SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

> ~~~
> RokeJulianLockhart@Beedell:~$ rpm -qi spectacle
> Name         : spectacle
> Epoch        : 1
> Version      : 6.5.1
> Release      : 1.fc43
> Architecture : x86_64
> Install Date : Sat 01 Nov 2025 18:30:12 GMT
> Size         : 6833439
> Signature    : RSA/SHA256, Thu 30 Oct 2025 18:54:29 GMT, Key ID 829b606631645531
> Source RPM   : spectacle-6.5.1-1.fc43.src.rpm
> Build Date   : Thu 30 Oct 2025 11:11:46 GMT
> Build Host   : buildvm-x86-09.rdu3.fedoraproject.org
> Packager     : Fedora Project
> Vendor       : Fedora Project
> Bug URL      : https://bugz.fedoraproject.org/spectacle
> ~~~

# ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This causes some screenshots to be unnecessarily small, per https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool/issues/11615#issue-3578346685:~:text=are%20in%20:rak::-,Image,-Activity.
Comment 1 Roke Julian Lockhart Beedell 2025-11-03 21:06:27 UTC
Duplicates https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=510982#c2.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 510982 ***