gedit's "manage external tools": cannot select a filetype when adding a new tool

[Pedro Gongora]

Hi all,

To reproduce:
1. Open gedit (Ubuntu 11.10)
2. Go to Tools->Manage External Tools... (you must have gedit-plugins installed)
3. Add a new tool (press the "+" button below the list of tools)
3. Press the "..." button right to the Applicability list
4. A "filetypes" list appears

 - Sometimes (most of the time) list items cannot be selected (i.e., the list is useless).
 - Other times you can actually select some list items, but the list itself doesn't disappear until you exit gedit!

Additionally, there is no way to change the default name "new tool" of your new tool! :)

[Michael Knap (michael-knap)]

I have this bug posted over on the gnome project. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661673.

They have done some work on it as it looks to be a pygobject problem. I haven't had time to try any of their patches yet, just waiting for packages to show up (soon, I hope).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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