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[BUG] Region to clipboard (Ctrl + Shift + c) unfreezes the screen #167

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Description

@greenfoo

Summary

If I try to capture a region of my frozen screen (with Ctrl + Shift + c), the screen unfreezes before the cross cursor (to make the region selection) appears.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Launch Wayscriber in frozen mode
    RUST_LOG=wayscriber=debug wayscriber --active --frozen
    
  2. Press "Ctrl + Shift + c"
  3. Notice the screen is no longer frozen and the region selection can only be done on the "live" screen.

Expected Result

The screen should remain frozen while I select the region to copy to the clipboard.

Actual Result / Logs

See attached file.

Configuration Details

$ wayscriber --version
wayscriber 0.9.13

wayscriber-2026-03-27.log

Environment

  • Archlinux (latest)
  • Hyprland 0.54
$ pacman -Qs xdg-desktop-portal
local/xdg-desktop-portal 1.20.3-2
    Desktop integration portals for sandboxed apps
local/xdg-desktop-portal-gtk 1.15.3-1
    A backend implementation for xdg-desktop-portal using GTK
local/xdg-desktop-portal-hyprland 1.3.11-3
    xdg-desktop-portal backend for hyprland
`
$ pacman -Qi slurp
Name            : slurp
Version         : 1.5.0-1

$ pacman -Qi grim
Name            : grim
Version         : 1.5.0-2

$ wl-copy --version
wl-clipboard 2.2.1

Repro Frequency / Workarounds

Happens 100% of the times.

Additional notes

I notices the screen unfreezes when I press "Ctrl + Shift" (ie. even before I press "c")

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