Thanks for the tip!
ksnapshot works better although it has the same problem, i.e., the keyboard input is also not processed. If I use for example Alt+Tab I still see the window selection, but it does not switch window or desktop.
However, as long as I put the window that I need to take the snapshot of in the foreground, then ksnapshot works. I still cannot switch desktop, but it already helps. I also like that ksnapshot gives you a preview of your snapshot and that you can select fullscreen, window, section of a window or just a region. I should have known it earlier!
Gianluca
On Fri, 27 Oct 2023, William Morder via tde-users wrote:
On Friday 27 October 2023 16:00:14 Gianluca Interlandi via tde-users wrote:
Dear TDE users list,
This is a problem probably outside of TDE. I often use ImageMagick import to take a snapshot of part of my screen, such as a particular image. With previous installations, up to openSUSE 15.2 (and TDE), I have always been able to enter something like:
import test.ppm
and then either use for example Ctrl+F4 or Alt+Tab to switch to a different desktop or window. However, with openSUSE 15.4 (tested with TDE and LXDE) after entering the command for import the keyboard freezes and I cannot switch desktop or window, neither I can exit import by pressing Ctrl+C. The mouse still works and I can still take a screenshot of whatever is on the screen. However, this makes it more combersome to take a screenshot. The interesting thing is that it seems like whatever I type on the keyboard is "queued" and executed once import exits (by drawing a rectangle with the mouse). So eventually it still switches but only after import is done.
If anybody has encountered this same problem and has a possible solution, I would be glad to hear.
Thanks,
GianlucaThis doesn't specifically address your issue, but maybe there is a TDE solution for this non-TDE problem.
Have you ever tried ksnapshot? I use it all the time, and it is highly configurable. You can take a snapshot of the whole screen, or just a section, and it has other similar features.
Bill
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