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Raspberry Pi - Save As... sketch saving file dialog is unusable

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Description

Most appropriate sub-area of Processing 4?

PDE

Processing version

4.4.8

Operating system

Raspbian Bookworm 64-bit, Raspbian Trixie 64-bit

Bug description

The "Save As..." menu option normally opens a file dialog to pick file to save the sketch into. This does not render correctly (see attached screenshot) and is not usable to perform the action.

Steps to reproduce this
  1. Start a new sketch

  2. Attempt to save it via File->Save As...

  3. Observe un-rendered/corrupted file dialog window

snippet

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void setup() {

}

void draw() {

}
Additional context
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  • Possibly related to #1243
  • This could also possibly be linked to issue #1087 as the window is broken in a different visual way depending on whether Wayland or X11 is used.
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Research direction

Start by reproducing File->Save As... in the PDE on Raspbian Bookworm and Trixie, checking the related Wayland and X11 behavior described in issues #1243 and #1087. Trace the PDE file-dialog path and compare the rendering in each session type. Done means the dialog renders correctly and is usable for saving a sketch on the affected Raspberry Pi setups.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, linux, raspberry-pi
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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