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GreenBackbone

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From: Tijuana, Mex

Registered: 2015-06-17

Posts: 39

[SOLVED] KDE exclude specific window from kwin window effects

First of all, Greetings

im using KDE 6 with Wayland:

i just riced all my kde setup and its almost perfect now, so enjoyable.. but just one thing;
due to my job i need to take many screenshots.. kde.. spectacle of course, the thing is that
when i click on select region, the screenshot includes the spectacle window it self, this is after
turning on a kwin script (Aurora) for a Window Open/Close effect..

i did some research and i see a post in kde git about a bug in spectacle that is this very thing and devs acknowledged it but it just never got merged.. its been 1 yr

so im wondering how could i blacklist/ignore org.kde.spectacle windows from rendering effects?

there is a kwin script also that is called MACsimize6 and that in configuration has a input for ignore.. but Aurora effect does not have that in configuration

Last edited by GreenBackbone (2025-04-09 18:09:03)

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espresso

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From: Potemkin Village,Pale Blue Dot

Registered: 2023-05-15

Posts: 87

Re: [SOLVED] KDE exclude specific window from kwin window effects

Greetings

While I would not rule out that some of our forumers may be able to assist directly, I felt I could at least mention that https://bugs.kde.org/ or https://discuss.kde.org/ may be ideal for such a specific issue and could bring attention to the bugfix.

Good fortune!

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GreenBackbone

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From: Tijuana, Mex

Registered: 2015-06-17

Posts: 39

Re: [SOLVED] KDE exclude specific window from kwin window effects

just for future readers, i ended up delaying the screenshot by 1 second and that gives time for the effect to disappear, not ideal but good workaround.

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