Remove default ksnip always taking focus

[latipun7]

I just noticed that I think ksnip is always taking window focus (it always focused). Is there a need for that? I have an issue with that.

I'm on linux and using picom as compositor, and set the inactive-opacity to 0.8, it means that inactive window will get transparency. But when I move to another window, ksnip window didn't get transparency. Also, when I open ksnip to take screenshot, other windows would have transparency because they are registered as inactive windows. More on this: yshui/picom#942

But I think I could set ksnip to not take focus on my window manager, so, whenever I tried taking screenshot, ksnip didn't steal the focus of other windows and other windows still has the initial focus state.
But I can't do that, because I noticed that ksnip has protocol to take focus (WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols WM_TAKE_FOCUS):

❯ xprop
_NET_WM_USER_TIME(CARDINAL) = 34492568
_NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE, _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN, _NET_WM_STATE_STAYS_ON_TOP
WM_TRANSIENT_FOR(WINDOW): window id # 0x400009
_NET_WM_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) =
XdndAware(ATOM) = BITMAP
WM_NAME(STRING) =
_NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "ksnip"
_MOTIF_WM_HINTS(_MOTIF_WM_HINTS) = 0x2, 0x1, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY, _KDE_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_OVERRIDE, _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL
_XEMBED_INFO(_XEMBED_INFO) = 0x0, 0x1
WM_CLIENT_LEADER(WINDOW): window id # 0x400009
WM_HINTS(WM_HINTS):
                Client accepts input or input focus: True
                Initial state is Normal State.
                window id # of group leader: 0x400009
WM_CLIENT_MACHINE(STRING) = "ArchROG"
_NET_WM_PID(CARDINAL) = 363787
_NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST_COUNTER(CARDINAL) = 4194348
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "ksnip", "ksnip"
WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols  WM_DELETE_WINDOW, WM_TAKE_FOCUS, _NET_WM_PING, _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST
WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
                user specified size: 1920 by 1080
                program specified minimum size: 1920 by 1080
                program specified maximum size: 1920 by 1080
                window gravity: Static

Maybe this is my inexperience of linux, but is it really ksnip always taking focus? If so, is it really needed? If not, please don't always take the focus, so maybe whenever I launch the screenshot tool, my window didn't get transparency because it is became inactive window.

Thank you very much.

[DamirPorobic]

Hello there, have you tried disabling the Options > Settings > Image Grabber > Show Main Window after capturing screenshot setting? Does it change the behavior?

[latipun7]

I have that option disabled. I tried enable it too, no differences.

[latipun7]

Oh my, thank you @DamirPorobic , it seems the correct option is Options > Settings > Image Grabber > Hide Main Window during screenshot. I disable that and didn't see the behavior again. Yeah, I don't know why it happens. It just my inexperiences with linux and softwares 🙏.

[DamirPorobic]

Glad to hear that it's working for you now :)