# Designer on Linux/Wayland requests screen share continuously

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-on-linux-wayland-requests-screen-share-continuously/102927>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** designer, ignition81\
**Created:** [February 26, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-on-linux-wayland-requests-screen-share-continuously/102927 "2025-02-26T19:04:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bieito\_de\_la\_Fuente](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Bieito\_de\_la\_Fuente](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bieito_de_la_Fuente)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-on-linux-wayland-requests-screen-share-continuously/102927/1 "2025-02-26T19:04:49Z")

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Hi folks, I'm running 8.1.45 and seeing this strange behavior in newer versions of my Desktop Environment (gnome 47.4) where every time I either right click on a Project Browser item or open a designer dropdown menu I get a request from the designer for screen sharing/recording. If I reject the request the menu doesn't open and there's an error in the console.

```python
java.lang.SecurityException: Screen Capture in the selected area was not allowed
	at java.desktop/sun.awt.screencast.ScreencastHelper.checkReturnValue(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/sun.awt.screencast.ScreencastHelper.getRGBPixels(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/sun.awt.X11.XRobotPeer.getRGBPixels(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Robot.createCompatibleImage(Unknown Source)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.Robot.createScreenCapture(Unknown Source)
	at de.javasoft.plaf.synthetica.Popup.createScreenCapture(Popup.java:444)
	at de.javasoft.plaf.synthetica.Popup.snapshot(Popup.java:432)
	at de.javasoft.plaf.synthetica.Popup.access$3(Popup.java:423)
	at de.javasoft.plaf.synthetica.Popup$3.run(Popup.java:326)
	at java.desktop/java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)

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I find this behavior quite strange, as there is seemingly no reason for this request. Does anyone know why ignition might be requesting this?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-on-linux-wayland-requests-screen-share-continuously/102927/2 "2025-02-26T19:05:34Z")

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> [@Ignition 8.1.45 designer asking for monitor sharing](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-1-45-designer-asking-for-monitor-sharing/102767/2):
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> The Synthetica look and feel has some goofy fallback code path that uses java.awt.Robot in the course of rendering shadows or opacity or something for popup menus. You might be able to disable it in a startup script or something. from javax.swing import UIManager UIManager.put("Synthetica.popupRobot.enabled", False)