https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=526049
Bug ID: 526049
Summary: Display a message when enabling "Hide from Screencast"
for the first time
Classification: Plasma
Product: kwin
Version First 6.7.5
Reported In:
Platform: CachyOS
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: screencasting
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Enable "Hide from Screencast" for the first time.
OBSERVED RESULT
The feature is activated, but the user doesn't know exactly how private it is.
EXPECTED RESULT
Inform the user when using the feature for the first time that:
1- Recording apps can outright ignore it. ( Bug 516194 )
2- It will show your virtual keyboard and its inputs while focused on the
hidden app.
4- System Monitor will show the name of the hidden app.
5- The cursor can reveal the hidden app window's borders and actions.
6- The hidden app's icon will appear on the Panel and will bounce next to the
cursor during its launch.
7- The hidden app's panel context menu will appear.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: CachyOS Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 6.7.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.30.0
Qt Version: 6.11.2
Kernel Version: 7.2.6-1-cachyos (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11300H @ 3.10GHz
Memory: 9 GB of RAM (8.1 GB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82MG
System Version: IdeaPad Gaming 3 15IHU6
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Alternatively it could just be a copy-paste of this dev's comment:
"If you're doing something so sensitive that your activities can be intuited
from the presence, absence, or shapes of the pointer, consider not streaming or
screen recording it."
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516184#c6
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