gnome-screenshot isn't run via hotkey when menus open

[Mirzet Kadic]

gnome-screenshot can't capture all elements, for example the suggestion list.

Desktop version also affected.

Here are some more details:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1z3Zz5h70qZ-3LjNyk8KC6WQ6XXwD-q01vS6ZqqWtnJ8/edit

[Alex Chiang (achiang)]

Caracal,

Your bug reports are appreciated. However, please do not include links to google documents.

You can easily take a photo with your camera, then attach the image here in Launchpad.

Thanks.

[Chris Wayne (cwayne)]

Caracal,

Can you please elaborate on what the actual bug is? Is it that running gnome-screenshot closes those elements, or that they somehow just don't show up in the resulting image? It's a known bug that it won't work when indicators menu's are selected.

[Chris Wayne (cwayne)]

I believe I know what you're saying now. I've opened an upstream bug, and will link it here.

[Mirzet Kadic (caracal-enl)]

Hi guys,

I am very sorry for the inconvenience.
I couldn't imagine that Google Docs couldn't be welcome. But I am sure there must be a good reason. In my future bug reports I am going to add it as a attachment in the bug report

What I am trying to explain is that: Running gnome-screenshot or releasing the hotkey closes the indicator menu's before they can be captured.
But the indicator menus can be captured using other tools and/or platforms. It is necessary for creating manuals or how-to's.

[Chris Wayne (cwayne)]

Hi Carcal,

Thanks for the update. I've logged an upstream bug for this. As a workaround, you can run gnome-screenshot with -d to have a delay, and then open the menu you want and wait until it's taken.

[Mirzet Kadic (caracal-enl)]

Yep, that's a good workaround!
Thank you!

gnome-screenshot with -d

[Sean Feole (sfeole)]

Updating BUG URL since #688135 is a dup

[Sean Feole (sfeole)]

assigning this bug to desktop-team although theres not much more to do with it, it is filed in upstream and has been open for over a year.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks but that limitation is due to how xorg and grabs work, that's here for as long as ubuntu (and still not fixed for a reason): see bug #10905

Not something we are going to solve this cycle, unassigning from canonical desktop team...