JannisX11
Can't launch color picker on Arch/Wayland
What are you trying to do, and what do you expect to happen?
When trying to use the Color Picker under Arch with Wayland, the "Screen Share" window pops up and you should be able to give Blockbench permission and use the picker
What happens instead?
When trying to use the Color Picker under Arch with Wayland, the "Screen Share" window pops up but immediately closes, making unable to use the Picker.
In the DEV console this is the error that is showing up
Uncaught (in promise) AbortError: Failed to execute 'open' on 'EyeDropper': The user canceled the selection.
Blockbench has been installed through Flatpak, however I tried installing it using AUR but got the same issue
Model format in which the issue occurs
Generic Model
Blockbench variant
Program
Blockbench version
4.12.1
Operating System
Arch Linux
Installed Blockbench plugins
CEM Template Loader, Animated Java, Minecraft Title
I tried to recreate the issue, but it works fine. Can you record a video where you do all steps by step?
- Arch Linux 6.13.8
- Wayland 1.23.1-1
- BlockBench 4.12.3
Sure, this is what is doing right now
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ff152f75-214f-4698-b551-4e968f39f74b
Sure, this is what is doing right now
2025-04-10.12-22-52.mp4
Ah. Get it. That maybe will hard to fix :( In my case it let me select with screen to use, but after select nothing happens