mouseover highlight on dropdown and right click menus is not working

[Britt Yazel]

Mouseover highlighting on dropdown and right click menu entries is not working properly. Right now, only the first entry on a dropdown list will highlight orange properly, whereas they all should highlight orange. The menu entries work fine when clicked, they just do not highlight, letting you know that you are hovered over the item.

I believe it is localized to gnome application menus, as it will malfunction on the unified menubar as well as right clicking on the desktop, but it will work fine in applications such as firefox or libreoffice that do not use the standard gtk/gnome interface.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.6.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:

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CompositorRunning: compiz
CurrentDmesg: [ 33.648120] wlan0: no IPv6 routers present
Date: Mon Mar 12 23:27:50 2012
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2012-02-18 20:19:11.598022
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
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   Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device [1025:0360]
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UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-10 (2 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 04/25/2011
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dmi.product.name: Aspire 5553
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dmi.sys.vendor: Acer
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[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Confirmed with unity 5.6.0-0ubuntu1

I only lose the highlight with the touchpad, not when using a mouse. And it only happens after I've had the Dash or the HUD open. Then navigating menus using the touchpad lacks all highlighting. To fix it, I just use the mouse instead, and it works for the touchpad too after that. At least till I open the Dash or HUD again.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 949414, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.