Request to cherry pick screenshot DBus API addition to KWin 6.6

Vlad Zahorodnii vlad.zahorodnii at kde.org
Fri Feb 20 10:21:15 GMT 2026


Hello,

It looks pretty safe to backport, so no objections from me personally.

Regards,
Vlad

On 2/19/26 11:30 PM, Devin wrote:
> Hello,
> I would like to request for
> https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/8832 to be cherry
> picked to the Plasma/6.6 branch. It contains an API addition (no
> breaking changes) to the screenshot dbus interface that allows callers
> to turn off "caller window hiding" in the screenshot.
>
> We are currently experiencing a regression in Plasma Mobile's
> screenshot quicksetting where plasmashell panels don't show up in
> screenshots, because the calling process is plasmashell (which KWin
> automatically hides, due to
> https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/8338). I would
> like to fix this in Plasma 6.6, rather than wait another four months
> for 6.7, because users currently cannot take proper screenshots.
>
> Thanks,
> Devin


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