SUMMARY It's not quite clear how to use Spectacle with a touchscreen. STEPS TO REPRODUCE For example: - Try to abort a rectangular selection (screenshot/recording). - Try to take a rectangular selection screenshot/start recording a rectangular selection. OBSERVED RESULT It's not clear how to achieve this on touchscreen. EXPECTED RESULT There are dedicated buttons/explanatory texts. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.4.0 Qt Version: 6.7.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Somewhat related to https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486536.
For #2, you just touch and drag, no? For #1, it isn't possible indeed. Let's use the bug report to track this.
Is adding a Cancel button (i.e., a red X icon) a plausible solution?
Yes, though I'd recommend using the standard Cancel icon ("dialog-cancel-symbolic"), not a red X.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/spectacle/-/merge_requests/493
Git commit 49c615c1989d9fcfce7ed1be805538a9dca6a8a8 by Taras Oleksyn. Committed on 29/11/2025 at 08:17. Pushed by ndavis into branch 'master'. Add cancel button to capture window to improve touchscreen usability M +1 -0 src/CMakeLists.txt A +11 -0 src/Gui/CancelAction.qml [License: LGPL(v2.0+)] M +14 -0 src/Gui/CaptureOverlay.qml M +5 -0 src/Gui/CaptureWindow.cpp M +1 -0 src/Gui/CaptureWindow.h M +1 -1 src/PlasmaVersion.h https://invent.kde.org/plasma/spectacle/-/commit/49c615c1989d9fcfce7ed1be805538a9dca6a8a8