Bug 500501 - Select rectangle has pointer misaligned with result
Summary: Select rectangle has pointer misaligned with result
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Spectacle
Classification: Applications
Component: General (show other bugs)
Version: 24.12.2
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Noah Davis
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Reported: 2025-02-21 04:06 UTC by xpusostomos
Modified: 2025-03-23 03:46 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Attachments
picture trying to show misalignment of pointer and grab handle (3.71 MB, image/jpeg)
2025-02-21 04:06 UTC, xpusostomos
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Description xpusostomos 2025-02-21 04:06:00 UTC
Created attachment 178669 [details]
picture trying to show misalignment of pointer and grab handle

SUMMARY

I'm trying to use spectacle to save a rectangle, and noticed it is really hard to position it because where the pointer is, and where it actually draws the rectangle are way off in the Y direction.

Then if you try and resize the rectangle using the grab handles, it doesn't work with the pointer in the grab handle. You've got to put the pointer like 1cm above the grab handle for it to recognise the grabhandle and allow resizing. A lot of users would probably give up before realizing that.

I'm using exwm window manager, and I have polybar up top. I don't know if that's related to this issue, I know there are weird things in X11 related to whether there are window decorations or not, and exwm doesn't really have decorations., And polybar just sits up top outside of normal window management. I only mention these facts because the vertical misalignment of the grab bars is kinda about the same height as polybar up top, so it just occurs to me that that somehow could be related.

I've attached a photo trying to show how the pointer is not positioned in the grab handle when it activates.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Try to draw rectangle to capture. 

OBSERVED RESULT
Pointer and outcome are misaligned about 1cm in the vertical orientation.

EXPECTED RESULT
alignment

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Arch Linux (up to date)
KDE Plasma Version:  6.3.0
KDE Frameworks Version:  6.10.0
Qt Version:  6.8.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-02-21 21:08:34 UTC
I can't reproduce this issue in the 6.3 version.

What screen scaling and font sizes are you using?

Does it reproduce in a new clean user account?
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2025-03-08 03:52:20 UTC
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Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-03-23 03:46:33 UTC
🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.