PrintScreen selecting wrong window

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PrintScreen selecting wrong window

06 August 2022, 00:10:46

Why does PrintScreen put the wrong window on top?

Re: PrintScreen selecting wrong window

Reply #1 – 06 August 2022, 13:46:17

You're not even telling which DE/WM you're using.

Re: PrintScreen selecting wrong window

Reply #2 – 10 August 2022, 03:23:17

Sorry. I'm using plasma 5.25.4-1 on linux 5.18.16.artix1-1. The program bound to PrtSc is spectacle 22.04.3-1.

Re: PrintScreen selecting wrong window

Reply #3 – 10 August 2022, 04:11:48

Can you run

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spectacle

from a terminal window and tell us what the output says?

Re: PrintScreen selecting wrong window

Reply #4 – 10 August 2022, 06:24:22

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from a terminal window and tell us what the output says?

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$ spectacle

(spectacle:1076): Gtk-WARNING **: 00:22:57.935: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",

(spectacle:1076): Gtk-WARNING **: 00:22:57.935: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita",

Re: PrintScreen selecting wrong window

Reply #5 – 10 August 2022, 06:32:08

Are you using multiple monitors per chance? It could be KDE isn't setting the correct monitor as "primary".

Re: PrintScreen selecting wrong window

Reply #6 – 10 August 2022, 06:39:15

No, I'm on a laptop with a single monitor.

Another data point: sometimes spectacle puts a window that was closed several minute ago on top.

Re: PrintScreen selecting wrong window

Reply #7 – 10 August 2022, 11:15:48

It's clearly either a misconfiguration or a bug in spectacle; test with "import -frame /tmp/window.png", click on the window you want and see the capture in /tmp.

Re: PrintScreen selecting wrong window

Reply #8 – 10 August 2022, 16:59:00

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import -frame /tmp/window.png

works. Then again spectacle works when selecting a window. It's when its in "Full Screen" mode that it takes the state of the screen minutes (or even hours) ago.

Re: PrintScreen selecting wrong window

Reply #9 – 10 August 2022, 21:20:16

Quote from: Eugine_Nier – on 10 August 2022, 16:59:00

It's when its in "Full Screen" mode that it takes the state of the screen minutes (or even hours) ago.

Well, for full-screen capture assign "import -window root /tmp/screenshot-$(date +%F-%R:%S).png" to PrtScr and profit. Use the previous 'import' command with, say, Shift-PrtScr for single-window captures.

Re: PrintScreen selecting wrong window

Reply #10 – 15 August 2022, 18:20:25

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import -window root /tmp/screenshot-$(date +%F-%R:%S).png

Still gets me an old state of the screen.

Re: PrintScreen selecting wrong window

Reply #11 – 15 August 2022, 23:15:31

Do you happen to have xf86-video-intel installed? I used to have a similar problem when recording my screen that was fixed by uninstalling it.

Re: PrintScreen selecting wrong window

Reply #12 – 16 August 2022, 16:48:53

Yes, I have xf86-video-intel installed. Will uninstalling a video driver break things?

Re: PrintScreen selecting wrong window

Reply #13 – 17 August 2022, 03:08:39

If you have the fallback (xf86-video-modesetting), no. And even if it breaks things, you can use the TTY and reinstall it using pacman.

Re: PrintScreen selecting wrong window

Reply #14 – 17 August 2022, 09:15:12

Quote from: Eugine_Nier – on 15 August 2022, 18:20:25

Still gets me an old state of the screen.

How old? Can you possibly see the ancient Egyptians building the pyramids in your screenshots?

Before you start a de/installation orgy, I recommend you read the Wiki.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Screen_capture