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Subject:    Re: window sharing broken with current F38+kde+wayland
From:       Neal Becker <ndbecker2 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2023-08-18 15:36:15
Message-ID: CAG3t+pGix+n1i5v=mHb5azj4oY3CNyVxpMb712cSgu55v3B8ew () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 11:13 AM Neal Becker <ndbecker2@gmail.com> wrote:

> For online meetings I have always used share window (as opposed to sharing
> a chrome tab or entire screen).  Recently this has been broken.
>
> Using current F38+kde+wayland.
> Tested on teams and on google meet (same interface, must be part of KDE I
> think).
> If I select a window to share the tab for that window on the task manager
> disappears, which gives me no way to move my cursor to that window and do
> the presentation.
>
> I find share a screen still works fine, and I guess I'll have to use that
> for now.
>
> Seems some recent change.  Along with it also there is a change to the way
> the dialog for sharing appears, and for some reason you need to go through
> 2 different dialogs the confirm sharing 2 times.  This again is a recent
> change.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> After playing around some more I have some new observations:
1. logout/login seems to have cleared the problem.  The window I wanted to
share no longer has it's tab disappear making it impossible to select.
2. The strangeness of needing to go through 2 sharing dialogs is
kde/wayland.  If I use kde/X11 it still behaves the same as it did in the
past, and works fine.

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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" \
class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 11:13 AM Neal Becker &lt;<a \
href="mailto:ndbecker2@gmail.com">ndbecker2@gmail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">For \
online meetings I have always used share window (as opposed to sharing a chrome tab \
or entire screen).   Recently this has been broken.<div><br></div><div>Using current \
F38+kde+wayland.</div><div>Tested on teams and on google meet (same interface, must \
be part of KDE I think).</div><div>If I select a window to share the tab for that \
window on the task manager disappears, which gives me no way to move my cursor to \
that window and do the presentation.</div><div><br></div><div>I find share a screen \
still works fine, and I guess I&#39;ll have to use that for \
now.</div><div><br></div><div>Seems some recent change.   Along with it also there is \
a change to the way the dialog for sharing appears, and for some reason you need to \
go through 2 different dialogs the confirm sharing 2 times.   This again is a recent \
change.</div><div><br></div><div>Any \
ideas?</div><div><br></div></div></blockquote><div>After playing around some more I \
have some new observations:</div><div>1. logout/login seems to have cleared the \
problem.   The window I wanted to share no longer has it&#39;s tab disappear making \
it impossible to select.</div><div>2. The strangeness of needing to go through 2 \
sharing dialogs is kde/wayland.   If I use kde/X11 it still behaves the same as it \
did in the past, and works fine.  </div></div></div>


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