Fix screenshot editor showing status text in the editor

This caused problems calling screenshot from menu-search
which included the status text in the screenshot.

Now the status text is shown in the global status bar
for any operators called from a screen context.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_topbar.py b/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_topbar.py
index 1d75ad8ff0a..9d5e2a78631 100644
--- a/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_topbar.py
+++ b/release/scripts/startup/bl_ui/space_topbar.py
@@ -634,6 +634,8 @@ class TOPBAR_MT_window(Menu):
 
         layout = self.layout
 
+        operator_context_default = layout.operator_context
+
         layout.operator("wm.window_new")
         layout.operator("wm.window_new_main")
 
@@ -655,7 +657,15 @@ class TOPBAR_MT_window(Menu):
         layout.separator()
 
         layout.operator("screen.screenshot")
+
+        # Showing the status in the area doesn't work well in this case.
+        # - From the top-bar, the text replaces the file-menu (not so bad but strange).
+        # - From menu-search it replaces the area that the user may want to screen-shot.
+        # Setting the context to screen causes the status to show in the global status-bar.
+        print(layout.operator_context)
+        layout.operator_context = 'INVOKE_SCREEN'
         layout.operator("screen.screenshot_area")
+        layout.operator_context = operator_context_default
 
         if sys.platform[:3] == "win":
             layout.separator()