Thanks for your report. This is intended and a security feature of wayland. Meanwhile you can select 'Ubuntu on Xorg' in the logging screen to start xorg instead and screen capture applications should work.
** Tags removed: wayland-session ** Tags added: wayland ** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => wayland (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: wayland (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: wayland (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: wayland (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1745044 Title: [Ubuntu 18.04] Screen not recorded by Chrome recording extensions To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1745044/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp