capsoftware/cap
Important Update & Steps to Reproduce (Tested with "Always show Dock icon" disabled)
I have deep-dived further into this bug and attached a new screenshot of my settings to prove that I have "Always show Dock icon" disabled. Despite this setting being OFF and restarting the app entirely, the broken window lifecycle persists.
Here is a critical real-world scenario I just encountered that showcases how disruptive this laggy behavior is:
- I finished a screenshot, copied it, and closed the Editor.
- The Main Window forced itself open automatically.
- I immediately clicked the red "X" to close it because I wanted to continue working in another app.
- The Glitch: Because the webcam initialization takes a split second to load in the background, the circular video preview spawned and stayed active on my screen after I had already closed the Main Window and switched to another software.
- The camera preview got stuck as a "ghost window". To get rid of it, I had to manually trigger "Open Main Window" from the Menubar a second time and close it again to force the webcam preview overlay to finally terminate.
Why this matters: This confirms that the app is completely losing track of its window and hardware states when forcing the Main Window open after a screenshot. It leads to heavy lag, unintended webcam activations, and ghost overlays popping up when the user is already focusing on something else.
Please consider adding a permanent toggle to never automatically launch the Main Window / Webcam after closing an editor view, allowing Cap to remain strictly and silently in the background Menubar. Thanks, Denny