Bug 512029

Summary:	Clipboard is broken when handling screenshots
Product:	[Applications] Spectacle	Reporter:	famine_cavalier538
Component:	General	Assignee:	Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	major	CC:	famine_cavalier538, kde, kde, kdedev, nate, qydwhotmail
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	6.5.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description famine_cavalier538 2025-11-13 11:12:17 UTC

SUMMARY
After updating to Fedora 43 Kinoite from 42 Kinoite, taking screenshots is very inconsistent as often the image is not copied to the clipboard.

In case the image gets copied successfully, it is possible to paste it inside an application (Telegram) but it is not possible to paste it in Dolphin: the popup for the filename appears but the photo does not get saved. Reopening Dolphin also does not seem to refresh the contents, indicating that the saving itself does not happen.

Proton Drive link with video (due to size limits on attachments): https://drive.proton.me/urls/08ZG8TWVYG#E3O8dSO2QE18

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Press Prt Scr key
2. Select area to screenshot, then press CTRL+C or Copy button
3. Press CTRL+V to bring up the clipboard
4. Notice the empty contents

OBSERVED RESULT
The screenshot is not copied to the clipboard.
Also, the screenshot cannot be pasted inside Dolphin as it does not get saved.

EXPECTED RESULT
The screenshot gets copied to the clipboard every time a new screenshot is taken and CTRL+C or the Copy button is clicked.
Also, the clipboard can paste contents into Dolphin for saving the picture to the filesystem.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
WARNING: radv is not a conformant Vulkan implementation, testing use only.
Operating System: Fedora Linux 43
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0
Kernel Version: 6.17.7-300.fc43.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6-Core Processor
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.3 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 9070

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I haven't seen other bug reports about this, so I wonder what happened in my case. Let me know what additional info / debug steps I can do to help find the issue.
Enabling / Disabling whitespace trimming on the clipboard does not help.

Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-11-13 17:59:00 UTC

Thanks for the bug report. This looks like bug 509065, so I'll merge this report in with that one.

Comment 2 TraceyC 2025-11-13 18:00:31 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 509065 ***

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-12-09 21:52:07 UTC

I think it's more likely to be Bug 511736.

Comment 4 Nate Graham 2025-12-09 21:52:45 UTC

Famine Cavalier, does it work reliably if you accept the screenshot with the "Accept" button and then click "Copy" in Spectacle's main window? If so, then this is Bug 511736.

Comment 5 famine_cavalier538 2025-12-10 17:14:37 UTC

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4)
> Famine Cavalier, does it work reliably if you accept the screenshot with the
> "Accept" button and then click "Copy" in Spectacle's main window? If so,
> then this is Bug 511736.

wow, spot on! It's 511736 then.

Comment 6 Nate Graham 2025-12-10 17:18:39 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 511736 ***