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Screen configuration updates not picked up on Windows
Flameshot Version
v12.1.0
Installation Type
Linux, MacOS, or Windows Package manager (apt, pacman, eopkg, choco, brew, ...), Using the ready-made package from Github Releases, Compiled from source
Operating System type and version
Windows 10 & 11
Description
When the screen configuration changes (screens removed, tablet rotated), flameshot only shows the overlay gui on the "old" parts of the screens.
I have traced the issue to ScreenGrabber::desktopGeometry() (https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/blob/master/src/utils/screengrabber.cpp#L185-L196) where QGuiApplication::screens returns stale data. I am rather certain that this is a Qt bug, but I want to add it here for completeness and to save others from doing the debugging I did.
Steps to reproduce
- Run flameshot
- Remove a monitor or rotate the tablet
- Take a screenshot
- Observe the shaded regions not spanning the complete screen.
Screenshots or screen recordings
No response
System Information
- Windows 10+11
- Single Tablet screen, up to two additional desktop screens
For me, also the context menu of the tray icon is not fully visible making it difficult to close Flameshot. I used the keyboard arrow keys to navigate to the last entry and confirm with Enter. But for a quicker restart of Flameshot I now use this powershell script:
# Define the process name
$processName = "flameshot"
# Stop the process if it's running
Get-Process -Name $processName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Stop-Process -Force
# Wait for a moment to ensure the process has stopped
Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
# Start the process again
Start-Process -FilePath "c:\Program Files\Flameshot\bin\flameshot.exe"
Additionally I created a shortcut to the script and set its target to: powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\path\to\script.ps1"
This allows me to quickly restart Flameshot from the start menu if necessary.
