obsproject / obsproject/obs-studio

Multi monitor: Visual issues when moving window between screens or unmaximizing OBS's window with activated preview

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Description

Operating System Info

Other

Other OS

openSUSE TW KDE Plasma Wayland

OBS Studio Version

28.0.2

OBS Studio Version (Other)

No response

OBS Studio Log URL

https://obsproject.com/logs/zSjrTKjpoufDuj45

OBS Studio Crash Log URL

No response

Expected Behavior
  1. When moving OBS Studio's window between two screens, it does not show visual glitches, like ghost windows.
  2. When unmaximing OBS Studio's window on one screen, it does not cause a ghost window on the 2nd screen for a split second.
Current Behavior
Moving window between two screens

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/93607429/192769613-f901ca9a-6a35-4871-b398-2da0554e805c.mp4

Unmaximizing the OBS window

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/93607429/192769754-0dbf9d03-2dff-43ca-aec8-e845809506d5.mp4

Steps to Reproduce
Moving window between two screens
  1. Two screens, 2k@100% + 4k@200% (primary)
  2. Open OBS Studio
  3. Drag its window from one screen to another

or

Un-maximizing the OBS window
  1. Two screens
  2. Open OBS Studio
  3. Maximize its window
  4. Un-maximize the window by dragging its titlebar
Anything else we should know?

While the visual issue with un-maximizing window is always reproducible for me, the issue caused when moving the window is most reliably (if at all) reproducible, when I use a 100% and 200% scaling respectively, as described both.

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First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue on openSUSE KDE Plasma Wayland with two screens using 100% and 200% scaling, following the window-moving and unmaximizing steps. Trace OBS Studio's desktop window handling during monitor transitions; done means neither action produces ghost windows or other visual glitches.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
desktop, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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