I’ve been attempting to capture a screenshot of krita-5.2.6-2.fc41’s loading window, but when I can catch it, see the undermentioned instead: [Screenshot_20250313_003420] [Screenshot_20250313_004054] Is anyone able to reproduce this, and explain to me what the first one means? Environmen…

[image] rokejulianlockhart: [image] skyfishgoo: I used Meta + Control + Print Screen I utilised merely Meta + Print Screen, instead: [image] I wonder whether that matters. Now that I’m at my PC, I tested your method, and it indeed works: [Screenshot_20250313_125511] Thank you, @…

you mean this screen [Screenshot_20250312_191737] i used meta-ctrl-print, but you have to be fast with the mouse

[image] skyfishgoo: Do you mean this screen? [Screenshot_20250312_191737] @skyfishgoo , the Krita image differs for me, but yes – thank you. [image] skyfishgoo: I used Meta + Control + Print Screen Though, I utilised merely Meta + Print Screen, instead: [image] I wonder whether …

[image] rokejulianlockhart: [Screenshot_20250313_003420] This also appears if I attempt to use the GUI’s “Active window” mode on plasmashell’s desktop:/: [Screenshot_20250316_145421] …but doesn’t reproduce if I use the key bind for it! It’s just a bug in Spectacle, I suppose.

[image] rokejulianlockhart: It\u2019s just a bug in Spectacle, I suppose. Reported at bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=501593 .

No issue here. All I do is hit the print screen key. [f]

[image] UncleSpellbinder: All I do is hit the Print Screen key: @UncleSpellbinder , what do you have that mapped to? From your screenshot, you appear to be using the default mapping [1] – “Full Screen” – which indeed acts correctly. This solely affects “Active Window” mode. [2] If you’re to …

Ahhhh. I see. Well, as far as loading screens, they really aren’t “windows”. So technically, there’s nothing to capture. It gives the same error message if trying to capture GIMP’s loading screen, Krita loading screen, and Audacity loading screen when using “Active Window” mode. [71103]

[image] UncleSpellbinder: It gives the same error message if trying to capture GIMP’s loading screen, Krita loading screen, and Audacity loading screen when using “Active Window” mode. @UncleSpellbinder , thanks for that! There must be something special about them, although they’re definitely w…

[image] rokejulianlockhart: although they’re definitely windows: Not here… [1] [2]

@UncleSpellbinder , you don’t see the window decorations because you’re running them without noborderrule=2 in your .kwinrules, and/or they’re not running under XWayland. …However, they are, so it’s the former. [1] What you’re seeing are just CSDs. bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=470535 ↩︎

Unable to capture screenshot of Krita loading window

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rokejulianlockhart March 13, 2025, 12:55pm 4

Now that I’m at my PC, I tested your method, and it indeed works:

Thank you, @skyfishgoo!