! Please note that this is a snapshot of our old Bugzilla server, which is read only since May 29, 2020. Please go to gitlab.xfce.org for our new server !
Cant take screenshot when an application menu is open
Status:
RESOLVED: INVALID
Product:
Xfce4-screenshooter
Component:
General

Comments

Description majest 2015-11-20 13:19:35 CET
Look at this screenshot:

https://bug-attachments.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=120654

It is a screenshot taken with a Menu open in LibreOffice Writer. When I try to do the same thing using the keyboard button PrntScr (or ALT+PrntScr), nothing happens.

I checked with Firefox and there PrntScr works nicely
Comment 1 d.j.a.y 2015-11-22 15:56:25 CET
Can't reproduce .

I can print screen all application i want with menu open without problem.
how ?

i hit PrintScreen kb touch, select all "active window" set time to 3 second (select mouse cursor or not) and that's it. I open the menu... and click in the box.
Comment 2 majest 2015-11-24 10:37:47 CET
Did you use the keyboard button PrntScr (or ALT+PrntScr)?

I don't see the 3 second timer. Are we using the same program? Xfce4-screenshooter
Comment 3 d.j.a.y 2015-11-24 12:24:46 CET
$:xfce4-screenshooter -V
$:xfce4-screenshooter 1.8.2

>>Are we using the same program? Xfce4-screenshooter
yep !
Comment 4 Andre Miranda editbugs 2017-04-14 04:37:57 CEST
This bug can be reproduced when xfce4-menu and xfdesktop context menu are open. I think that they grab the keyboard because some context menus simple disappear when screenshooter's shortcut is pressed. This seems to be more related to how xfsettingsd handles global shortcuts.
Comment 5 patrice 2018-02-07 08:21:55 CET
Hi,

I can reproduce it, 
same dysfunction. 
If I want to screenshot thunar with a menu open, I must first launch xfce screeshot software and set up a delay.

xfce4-screenshooter 1.8.2
Comment 6 patrice 2018-02-07 08:28:19 CET
... I confirm Andre Miranda, 

dysfonction with thunar , terminal, 

With thunderbird : keypress is processed, but the keypress action made menu to close, so the screenshot picture doesn't menu open capture... 

The best way seems the delay use.
Comment 7 Andre Miranda editbugs 2018-02-08 00:20:33 CET
Unfortunately it's a problem related to xfsettingsd, X11 or gtk/gdk, but I'm not 100% sure, this requires a bit of investigation, that's why I left this bug open.
Comment 8 Andre Miranda editbugs 2018-05-01 20:43:34 CEST
Now that I have introduced the delay for selection a region mode (currently in master, to be available in 1.9.3), hopefully it's now easier to workaround this limitation.
Comment 9 Andre Miranda editbugs 2018-10-19 03:10:47 CEST
Closing since it's nothing to be fixed from xfce4-screenshooter side, it's a GTK/X11 issue.
More details: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/347337/why-keyboard-shortcuts-do-not-work-when-a-sub-menu-is-activated

Bug #12323

Reported by:
majest
Reported on: 2015-11-20
Last modified on: 2018-10-19

People

Assignee:
Jérôme Guelfucci
CC List:
3 users

Version

Version:
unspecified

Attachments

Additional information