Bug 426342 - sharing wiindows not working
Summary: sharing wiindows not working
Status: RESOLVED DOWNSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: wayland-generic (show other bugs)
Version: 5.19.5
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2020-09-09 14:50 UTC by Neal Becker
Modified: 2021-10-13 13:35 UTC (History)
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As you can see in the picture, not all windows are available for sharing (1.96 MB, image/png)
2020-09-09 14:50 UTC, Neal Becker 		Details
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Description Neal Becker 2020-09-09 14:50:35 UTC 
Created attachment 131515 [details]
As you can see in the picture, not all windows are available for sharing

SUMMARY

Tested on chrome and on firefox.  Running under kde/wayland, using chrome (google meet) choosing to share windows (for videoconfercing) only shows some windows available.
Repeating experiment on firefox.  Firefox shows no windows available for sharing.

Repeating both experiments on kde/X11 sharing windows shows all windows available for sharing on both chrome and firefox.  

Since we are all stuck home videoconferencing, I rate this as major severity.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Vlad Zahorodnii 2020-09-24 15:21:23 UTC 
Currently, it's not possible to record native Wayland windows. In 5.20, it will be possible to share all windows.
Comment 2 Vlad Zahorodnii 2021-10-13 13:35:13 UTC 
kwin provides a way to record windows. if it's not possible to screencast a window in some particular app, please report this issue to the developers of that app.