yabai hides all windows during screenshot/recording (CleanShot X)

[HosAkh]

everything I try to take a screenshot or screen record yabai hides all opened windows. I then added CleanShot X (my screenshot/recorder) to not be managed (didn't work)....so then I added for CleanShot to also be sticky and be on the above layer but the same thing still occurs. It also does it when I am trying to use OCR with cleanshot

yabai -m rule --add app="^CleanShot X$" sticky=on layer=above manage=off

any tips or guidance? I use this tool a lot...like a lot!

I'm running:
yabai-v4.0.0
Monterey V12.1
intel
CleanShot X (my screenshot tool)- v 3.9.4

thank you

[HosAkh]

Here are my yabai and SKHD config files

yabai

sudo yabai --load-sa
yabai -m signal --add event=dock_did_restart action="sudo yabai --load-sa"

# .. more yabai startup stuff


yabai -m config debug_output on

# bsp or float (default: bsp)
yabai -m config layout bsp

# Set all padding and gaps to 20pt (default: 0)
yabai -m config top_padding    50
yabai -m config bottom_padding 50
yabai -m config left_padding   50
yabai -m config right_padding  50
yabai -m config window_gap     50

# Floating point value between 0 and 1 (default: 0.5)
yabai -m config split_ratio 0.5

# New window spawns to the left if vertical split, or top if horizontal split
yabai -m config window_placement first_child

# set focus follows mouse mode (default: off, options: off, autoraise, autofocus)
yabai -m config focus_follows_mouse autoraise

SKHD

## Quickly restart the yabai launch agent
meh - q : launchctl kickstart -k "gui/${UID}/homebrew.mxcl.yabai"


# Move focus container to workspace
meh - l : yabai -m window --space last; yabai -m space --focus last
meh - p : yabai -m window --space prev; yabai -m space --focus prev
meh - n : yabai -m window --space next; yabai -m space --focus next


# Stackline toggle 
# if this doesn't work, try using the absolute path to the hammerspoon cli: /usr/local/bin/hs
meh - t :  hs -c 'stackline.config:toggle("appearance.showIcons")'

# to stack windows
meh - v : yabai -m window --stack next

# to unstack windows
meh - c : yabai -m space --layout $( [ "$(yabai -m query --spaces --space | jq -re .type)" = 'bsp' ] && echo 'stack' || echo 'bsp' )

# Rotate windowsHb
meh - r : yabai -m space --rotate 90

# float / unfloat window and center on screen
meh - f : yabai -m window --toggle float;\
          yabai -m window --grid 4:4:1:1:2:2

# Balance size of windows
meh - b : yabai -m space --balance

[HosAkh]

I have disabled all of yabai settings and Skhd scripts and as soon as I try to take a screen shot it hides all of the windows. please could someone please help me?

is this not happening to anyone else?

[Liquidmantis]

Have you confirmed the behavior when Yabai isn't running? I'd suspect Cleanshot over Yabai.

I use Snagit with no issues. It hides itself if it's open during a capture, but that's it.

[Liquidmantis]

I decided to evaluate CleanShot X, especially since it's on Setapp anyway, and I have no issues with it. Maybe you have an overloaded hotkey? Have you tried starting a capture from the CleanShot X menu tool rather than a hotkey?

[HosAkh]

thank you for checking it out. I have checked and my hotkey for cleanshot is not being used by skhd or anything else. Do you have a specific config for Snagit? thank you for your effort and for looking into this for me.

[HosAkh]

so i went back to an old config file.

If I switch for bsp to off and restart yabai and it still didn't work. so commented out my entire config file restart yabai and it didn't hide all the windows. this is my old config file that I comment the entire thing out and trying to see where the issue is.

sudo yabai --load-sa
yabai -m signal --add event=dock_did_restart action="sudo yabai --load-sa"

# My custom space names for my 2 monitor setup. These names are used in some of my scripts.
yabai -m space 1 --label one
yabai -m space 2 --label two
yabai -m space 3 --label three
yabai -m space 4 --label four
yabai -m space 5 --label five
yabai -m space 6 --label six 

# float system preferences. Most of these just diable Yabai form resizing them.
yabai -m rule --add app="^System Preferences$" sticky=on layer=above manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^CleanShot X$" sticky=off layer=above manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^Simulator$" sticky=on layer=above manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^Karabiner-Elements$" sticky=on layer=above manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^Karabiner-EventViewer$" sticky=on layer=above manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^Finder$" sticky=on layer=above manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^Keka$" sticky=on layer=above manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^Alfred Preferences$" sticky=on layer=above manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^Disk Utility$" sticky=on layer=above manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^System Information$" sticky=on layer=above manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^Activity Monitor$" sticky=on layer=above manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^ForkLift" manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^Spotify$" manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^iTerm2$" manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^console$" manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^Logi Options$" manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^Beeper" manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^Private Internet Access$" manage=off
yabai -m rule --add app="^Wally$" manage=off

# global settings
yabai -m config mouse_follows_focus          off
# enable this and when window is focused, the mouse will move to center of screen
yabai -m config focus_follows_mouse          off
# New config window_origin_display to specify which display a window should become managed at upon creation #951
# https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
yabai -m config window_origin_display        default
yabai -m config window_placement             second_child
# floating windwos are always on top...if off they wouldn't be
yabai -m config window_topmost               on
# (options: on, off, float... float would show shadows only for floating windows)
yabai -m config window_shadow                float
yabai -m config window_opacity               off
yabai -m config window_opacity_duration      0.0
yabai -m config active_window_opacity        1.0
yabai -m config normal_window_opacity        0.90

yabai -m config split_ratio                  0.50
yabai -m config auto_balance                 off

# mouse settings
yabai -m config mouse_modifier               fn
yabai -m config mouse_action1                move
yabai -m config mouse_action2                resize
yabai -m config mouse_drop_action            swap

# general space settings
yabai -m config layout                       float
yabai -m config top_padding                  0
yabai -m config bottom_padding               0
yabai -m config left_padding                 0
yabai -m config right_padding                0
yabai -m config window_gap                   0

# Floating point value between 0 and 1 (default: 0.5)
yabai -m config split_ratio 0.5

# set mouse interaction modifier key (default: fn)
yabai -m config mouse_modifier fn

# set focus follows mouse mode (default: off, options: off, autoraise, autofocus)
yabai -m config focus_follows_mouse off


## If I close the active window, focus on any other visible window.
yabai -m signal --add event=window_destroyed action="bash /Users/username/CustomScripts/SwitchSpaces/window-focus-on-destroy.sh"

yabai -m window --stack next


echo "yabai configuration loaded.."

[HosAkh]

oh goodness gracious great balls of fire!

this was the was causing the entire issue!

yabai -m config window_topmost on

when I commented it out, everything worked just fine

[mattwoberts]

Yes!!!

[Liquidmantis]

Awesome! What's weird is I suspected that line but I couldn't reproduce the issue after setting that. I figured it had to be that or your focus on window destroy script.

[HosAkh]

yea i have no idea what's happening or why