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https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues ** Tags added: focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1874288 Title: Copy a screenshot of an area to clipboard prevents mouse click if used on modal UI elements Status in Gnome Screenshot: New Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Steps to reproduce: ------------------- - Register a keyboard shortcut to trigger a "Copy a screenshot of an area to clipboard", i.e Shift+Ctrl+$ - Keyboard shortcut works fine and your mouse cursor becomes a cross-hair - Now open, for example, a selectbox in Firefox Application, or any UI item capturing mouse and try to trigger a screenshot in this state: for example, try to screenshot your active Application menu dropdown (Application > File > Save)… - At this moment, screenshot utility won’t change your mouse pointer into a crosshair and a bug occurs which prevents gnome-shell to respond to any mouse-click: I can’t click anymore on Dock icons, top bar actions and can’t click on Applications which are not in focus (I have to use Super+Tab to give focus to other applications) - However, mouse "hover" is still captured by applications (I can see UI tooltips appearing) but I can’t click anymore For the moment, the only way to recover my mouse click is to reboot Ubuntu or restart gdm3 service. Description: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Release: 20.04 gdm3: Installed: 3.34.1-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.34.1-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.34.1-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status gnome-shell: Installed: 3.36.1-5ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.36.1-5ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.36.1-5ubuntu1 500 500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status gnome-screenshot: Installed: 3.36.0-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.36.0-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.36.0-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status What you expected to happen: ---------------------------- Area screenshot should be saved into clipboard, even if a UI dropdown menu /selectbox element is activated (select-box, button, application top-menu bar…) What happened instead: ---------------------- Screenshot utility freezes and makes all gnome-shell unclickable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-screenshot/+bug/1874288/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
