Bug 515794

Summary: New Screenshot droplist and Delay in fullscreen overlay are useless because of the default "Take rectangular screenshot" at launch setting
Product: [Applications] Spectacle Reporter: Tyson Tan <tysontanx>
Component: GeneralAssignee: Noah Davis <noahadvs>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: normal CC: kde
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.5.5   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Manjaro   
OS: Linux   
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Description Tyson Tan 2026-02-10 02:54:55 UTC
By default, the latest Spectacle is set to "Take rectangular screenshot" at launch. This causes Spectacle to launch without displaying the main window but a full screen overlay with toolbars. 

However, in this mode, Spectacle greys out the whole screen all the time and ask the user to "Click and Drag to Create a Selection". Although options are presented in the toolbars that are supposed to add delay and change screenshot method, they either have no effect, or have confusing/chaotic/inconsistent behavior for some reason.

The most notable problem being the overlay interferes with Screenshot at Delay, as now I cannot navigate the target application within the coundtdown. In such situation, I must either take a screenshot first to make the main window show up, where the options are working as intended, or I have to change the launch behavior to "Do not take a screenshort automatically" to prevent the fullscreen overlay from takeing over.

SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Configure Spectacle -> When launching Spectacle -> Take rectangular screenshot (default)
2. Close Spectacle
3. Launch Spectacle -> Fullscreen overlay
4. Change Delay in Options droplist, or/and switch to Active Window in New Screenshot droplist

OBSERVED RESULT
1. Cannot navigate other application during the screenshot delay countdown time.
2. After switching mode to Active Window in the New Screenshot droplist, it automatically triggers a new rectangular area screenshot capture. Press the button again, the "Click and Drag to make a Selection" overlay won't go away.
3. The actual screenshot behavior in this situation becomes unpredictable.

EXPECTED RESULT
The options/droplists on "Click and Drag to make a Selection" overlay behave like Spectacle's main window.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Manjaro Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.18.8-1-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11