states that
This is a longstanding limitation in the X11 server. Global keyboard shortcuts in general don’t work properly with dropdown menus. By contrast, this works without any problems on Wayland: hitting PrtScr while a menu is open captures the menu just fine.
but this doesn’t work for me, at all. Not even a delay works
As a workaround, open spectacle beforehand, set a delay, and open the menu in that time.
on X or Wayland.
Works fine for me. Which version of Spectacle are you using?
PS /home/rokejulianlockhart> zypper info spectacle
Information for package spectacle:
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Repository : KDE:Unstable:Applications
Name : spectacle
Version : 23.07.70git.20230524T014952~8e4ffc9-ku.51.1
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : obs://build.opensuse.org/KDE:Unstable
Installed Size : 1.0 MiB
Installed : Yes
Status : out-of-date (version 23.07.70git.20230521T180403~14a629c-ku.47.1 installed)
Source package : spectacle-23.07.70git.20230524T014952~8e4ffc9-ku.51.1.src
Upstream URL : https://apps.kde.org/spectacle
PS /home/rokejulianlockhart>
I’m using OpenSUSE. Its version of Wayland does seem really buggy in weird ways. Perhaps it needs to be reinstalled…
Just to clarify you open a menu and then press PrtScr and it doesn’t capture the context menu?
Like this doesn’t work for you?
What do you mean by “not even a delay” works? As in, it doesn’t delay, or the menu isn’t captured even after the delay?
Are you using “Active Window” or “Window under Cursor” mode? If so, does it work if you use “Rectangular Region” or “Full screen” mode in conjunction with a delay?
If that works, it might be the same issue as 469793 – Spectacle selected window recording doesn't include menu bar/hamburger menu but applies to screenshots, not recordings.
Ahhh now I can reproduce. “Active Window” (or using Meta+PrtScr) doesn’t show context menu. Using Full screen (Or PrtScr or Shift+PrtScr) will show the context menu.
It indeed works in those modes, so it must be the same issue.
However, per
should the bug title be changed, or should I report a new bug?
I expect that the issue is that ultimately, context menus are separate windows. (It’s sometimes demonstrated when the compositor screws-up.)
You can report a new bug, and link them using the “See also” field in Bugzilla.
