Tooltips flicker constantly in GTK3 applications
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gtk+3.0 (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
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Unassigned | ||
Cosmic |
Fix Released
|
Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Tooltips are flicker constantly (i.e. repeatedly shown and the hidden again) in GTK3 applications under XFCE.
It is a regression in the recent GTK 3.24.
This is the upstream report and fix:
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A workaround for XFCE is as follows:
Open Settings Editor.
Set xsettings -> Gtk -> CursorThemeSize to 16.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: libgtk-3-0 3.24.1-1ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 4.19.0-
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 19 12:23:53 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-01 (624 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gtk+3.0
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-10-18 (0 days ago)
Changed in hash-it: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
affects: | hash-it → acorn (Ubuntu) |
no longer affects: | acorn (Ubuntu) |
Changed in gtk+3.0 (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in gtk+3.0 (Debian): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu Cosmic): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.