SUMMARY Using `-b` to hide the GUI and just save to a file with `-o` no longer works with `-region`. This instead causes spectacle to open it's GUI after selecting the region to capture, and does not save to the selected file. The previous behavior when using `-region -b -o="$HOME/somefile.png"` would immediately let you select a region, and save it to a file once selected without showing the GUI. This issue does not happen with the active window and other selection options, only with selecting a region. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. `spectacle -region -b -o="$HOME/somefile.png"` 2. Left click (for some reason, immediately dragging to capture no longer works) 3. Region toolbar appears, drag region 4. Spectacle GUI opens without saving the file. OBSERVED RESULT Left click drag does not immediately select a region, and GUI opens after selecting a region. EXPECTED RESULT Left click drag should select a region immediately, and the GUI should not open and instead save the region to a file. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.105.0 Qt Version: 5.15.9 Kernel Version: 6.2.9-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-8665U CPU @ 1.90GHz Memory: 15.3 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620 Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 20QD000LUS System Version: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 7th ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Note, you're supposed to use `--region` or `-r`, not `-region`. If you use `--region`, does it work for you?
Ah, my screenshot tool had `-region` hardcoded as an option, I'm assuming it was being parsed as `-r` previously and worked just fine, using `-r` or `--region` works just fine now! Thank you for letting me know :)
(In reply to incoming from comment #2) > Ah, my screenshot tool had `-region` hardcoded as an option, I'm assuming it > was being parsed as `-r` previously and worked just fine, using `-r` or > `--region` works just fine now! Thank you for letting me know :) Just so you know, here's what's going on when you use `-region`. All of the letters together just happen to be valid single letter flags and single letter flags can be combined without spaces when putting a single dash at the front of all of them: -r, --region: Capture a rectangular region of the screen -e, --no-decoration: In background mode, exclude decorations in the screenshot -g, --gui: Start in GUI mode (default) -i, --new-instance: Starts a new GUI instance of spectacle without registering to DBus -o, --output <fileName>: In background mode, save image to specified file -n, --nonotify: In background mode, do not pop up a notification when the screenshot is taken `-g` currently gets precidence over `-b` because `-g` would otherwise be a completely useless flag, which is what was causing the change in behavior. If I knew of a way to make the last specified flag override the previous incompatible option, I could make using `-region` work again.
Ah, thank you! That's helpful :)