Bug 481500 - Taking a Rectangular Region screenshot while Overview is open makes the overlay appear as a window in the WindowHeap
Summary: Taking a Rectangular Region screenshot while Overview is open makes the overl...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: effects-overview (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Keywords: usability
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2024-02-18 08:54 UTC by saxn
Modified: 2024-02-21 17:38 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description saxn 2024-02-18 08:54:20 UTC 
SUMMARY
Taking rectangular screenshot using shortcut acts as window and then only it shows the spectacle annotator.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open overview
2. Click Meta+Shift+Print

OBSERVED RESULT
Spectacle annotator acts as window.

EXPECTED RESULT
Instead of acting as window & It should directly show the annotator.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
OS: Neon Unstable
Plasma 6.1 dev
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-02-21 17:38:44 UTC 
Well technically it is a window: a full-screen window that covers everything.

I get that what you were intending to do was to take a rectangular region screenshot of the Overview effect though, and this didn't work as you expected. Sees like we need to make this possible in a special way.