The GNOME Web/Epiphany Web Browser 'Preferences' screen locks onto the foreground, forbidding any action in the background web browser windows.
This is not generally an issue until/unless the user wants to set up the Firefox Sync service, located within Preferences, which in turn requires a verification link sent via email to be opened up within the browser. If the user does not have another browser installed and/or an email client with built-in browser set up, the user is forced into downloading, installing, and using another browser temporarily to sign in.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: epiphany (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-lowlatency 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri May 4 11:39:46 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-01 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: epiphany
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Bug report info added for the 'epiphany' package into the Gnome Bugzilla bugtracker. See "Affects" list at the top of the original Launchpad bug (https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/epiphany/ +bug/1769192) or visit https:/ /bugzilla. gnome.org/ show_bug. cgi?id= 795807.
All the help is needed! :)