Version: unknown (using 4.2.00 (KDE 4.2.0), Debian packages) Compiler: cc OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.26-1-amd64 there is a kwin special effect that enables drawing on screen with the mouse that works great in general except when i am in full screen mode in various applications: konqueror , okular, gwenview, digikam, openoffice impress... when i switch back from full screen view i see what ever i was drawing before (in full screen mode) on the current screen.
When there is a fullscreen window, compositing is disabled for the screen. So you can't see the mouse markings. You can disable the unredirecting of fullscreen windows in kwinrc. Just add the following line to section [Compositing] UnredirectFullscreen=false Dev note: effects should be able to turn off unredirect fullscreen windows.
excellent :-) works great, thanks.
*** Bug 189470 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 209311 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
There is an UI for this now, and even there was a plan to coordinate better with the apps the unredirection. So, why not close this bug as RESOLVED / WORKSFORME?
unredirecting fullscreen is no longer the default and as mentioned by alejandro there's a config item - it's fixed (as much as possible, unredirected windows cannot be mouse marked) Thanks for the hint on the pending report.