Open menu dropdown is 'compressed' & unintelligible

[Doug McMahon]

Did not happen with initial upgrade to gedit-3.18 but showed up with some subsequent updates of other packages.
(may be able to track down by manually parsing synaptic's history logs
Please see attached screenshot

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gedit 3.18.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-17.21-generic 4.2.3
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.19.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Nov 11 21:05:08 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-25 (17 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: gedit
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report, gedit didn't get another update since 3.18 but gtk did so maybe it's the new gtk creating the issue?

[Iain Lane (laney)]

Doesn't happen with Adwaita, probably something that can be fixed in the theme

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Khurshid Alam (khurshid-alam)]

If you keep it open at one side, change it to a third party theme (like Numix or Greybird from git or even adwaita) and then change it back to Ambiance, it will appear properly. Sreenshot: http://i.imgur.com/AKaYYm1.png . But It does not work if we switch between Ambiance, Radiance.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gedit - 3.18.2-1ubuntu4

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gedit (3.18.2-1ubuntu4) xenial; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/git_open_document_space.patch:
  * debian/patches/extra_theme_tweaks.patch:
    - include some of the theme tweaks in the common css instead of
      the adwaita one, fixes the open dialog having its line shrinked
      (lp: #1515461) and improves a bit the look of statusbar and the
      sidebar buttons
  * debian/patches/git_sidebar_buttons.patch:
    - display decoration in the sidebar when needed (lp: #1518517)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Tue, 24 Nov 2015 18:23:53 +0100