WayfireWM / WayfireWM/wf-shell

Popup surfaces flicker or not visible in other compositors

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Description

Also they are not clickable.

Example is menu: video, wayland debug

This was captured on Hyprland 0.55.4 on Debian sid, wf-shell 0.10.0. In LabWC and Sway result is largely the same: interaction is impossible, but menu is flickering into existence while it is active.

Popups in other apps residing in layers are working fine (i.e. waybar, dunst).

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Research direction

Reproduce the menu issue on Hyprland, LabWC, and Sway using the reported wf-shell and Debian sid environment, then review the linked Wayland debug output and video. Done means popups remain visible and clickable without flickering across the affected compositors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, linux
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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