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Flameshot not working while system panel are open #3391

Closed ajay-ca closed 8 months ago

ajay-ca commented 8 months ago

Flameshot Version

Flameshot v12.1.0 (Debian 12.1.0-2) Compiled with Qt 5.15.8

Installation Type

Linux, MacOS, or Windows Package manager (apt, pacman, eopkg, choco, brew, ...), Snap from

Operating System type and version

Operating System: Ubuntu 23.10

Description

I have recently updated my Ubuntu from 23.04 to 23.10. I was trying to take a screenshot using the Flameshot software (which has been my default screenshot software for a year) while my top panel was open but it is not taking any screenshots. The top panel I meant is the calendar and notification section and the quick menu in the top right corner. There is no issue with taking screenshots with all that closed.

I found none of the configurations and settings that might help the flameshot software. The native screenshot application in Ubuntu works fine but I need to use some marking and selection tools that are not available.

Steps to reproduce

  1. open the notification panel or quick setting panel on top.
  2. press printscrn key or the key that trigger flameshot.

Screenshots or screen recordings

Screencast from 2023-10-26 14-07-57.webm

In the above video, you will be able to know that the flameshot is able to screenshot and I have aborted it. But when I open the system panel, it is not working.

System Information

     Chassis: laptop 💻
  Machine ID: 46e3968479bb47c2a33820cf7ed343b7
     Boot ID: e2b85d2127814b9495d7e1d3583345b2

Operating System: Ubuntu 23.10
Kernel: Linux 6.5.0-10-generic Architecture: x86-64 Hardware Vendor: Dell Inc. Hardware Model: Inspiron 15 3511 Firmware Version: 1.24.0

mmahmoudian commented 8 months ago

This is expected behavior in all softwares in all operating systems. When you have a menu open, the keys you press will be sent to that application. if you want to take a screenshot of a window you have one option: set timer. For setting timer you have multiple ways:

  1. graphical way: rightclick on flameshot icon in the tray area, and open launcher, and set the timer (unfortunately you are using Gnome, so no icon for you unless your Ubuntu is shipped with the Gnome extension that enables that)
  2. almost graphical way: open launcher from terminal: flameshot launcher and set the timer
  3. CLI way with Flameshot: flameshot gui --delay 3000 for 3 seconds delay
  4. old-school CLI way: sleep 3s && flameshot gui

You can read more about our CLI (CommandLine Interface) here; https://flameshot.org/docs/advanced/commandline-options/