Focused checkboxes and radio buttons rendered as grey rectangle

[Thilo-Alexander Ginkel]

Binary package hint: mozilla-firefox

Hello everybody,

the following cosmetic issue occurs with Firefox 3 b5 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008041515 Firefox/3.0b5) as it ships bundled with Kubuntu 8.04: When a form checkbox or radio button has the keyboard focus, the original control image disappears and a grey square is rendered instead. This makes it impossible to distinguish a checked/selected control from an unchecked one while it has the keyboard focus.

For details, refer to the attached screenshot. Let me know if you need further input.

Thanks,
Thilo

[johanden.se (johanden)]

I would like to confirm this one as well. I'm currently on Firefox beta 3.0b5 and have Kubuntu 8.04 installed. I've recently deleted my old profile and then created a new profile without any addons for my FF3.
That didn't help with this issue.

[Thilo-Alexander Ginkel (thilo.ginkel)]

As I just found out, the issue seems to be limited to KDE 3.5.9. Under KDE 4.0.3, which I installed yesterday, the controls are rendered correctly.

[naught101 (naught101)]

I have this problem also, reported in this bug: 222122
I don't know if it's a real duplicate or these are separate issues.

[naught101 (naught101)]

aside from the radio buttons and check boxes, I'm also having this related problem: Text select areas allow you to select an item, and it looks fine (blue by default), but when the focus is moved to another object or link, the selected item loses it's colour and goes back to normal, so you can't tell if you've got anything selected..

[Andrew Min (andrewmin)]

Same here.

[naught101 (naught101)]

This same problem appears in epiphany on kde. I assume it's an XUL-runner problem. Adding projects.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 03:15:24AM -0000, naught101 wrote:
> This same problem appears in epiphany on kde. I assume it's an XUL-
> runner problem. Adding projects.
>
> ** Also affects: xulrunner-1.9 (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> ** Also affects: epiphany-browser (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> ** Also affects: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>

what gtk theme are you using? maybe you can change that and make it
work better that way?

 affects ubuntu/xulrunner-1.9
 status incomplete
 importance low

 affects ubuntu/epiphany-browser
 status invalid

 affects ubuntu/kubuntu-meta
 status invalid

 - Alexander

[Thilo-Alexander Ginkel (thilo.ginkel)]

Note sure what naught101 is using, but I selected "Use my KDE style in GTK applications" in the KDE appearance settings. Selecting an explicit GTK style works around the issue.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 07:35:02AM -0000, Thilo-Alexander Ginkel wrote:
> As I just found out, the issue seems to be limited to KDE 3.5.9. Under
> KDE 4.0.3, which I installed yesterday, the controls are rendered
> correctly.
>

thanks for that info ...

 affects ubuntu/gtk-qt-engine
 status confirmed

 affects ubuntu/gtk-qt-engine-kde4
 status fixreleased

 affects ubuntu/xulrunner-1.9
 status invalid

 affects ubuntu/firefox-3.0
 status invalid

 affects ubuntu/firefox
 status invalid

 - Alexander

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 05:54:45AM -0000, Thilo-Alexander Ginkel wrote:
> Note sure what naught101 is using, but I selected "Use my KDE style in
> GTK applications" in the KDE appearance settings. Selecting an explicit
> GTK style works around the issue.
>

 affects ubuntu/xulrunner-1.9
 status invalid

 affects ubuntu/gtk-qt-engine
 status confirmed

 tag likely-dup

... but only a kde 3 issue ...

 affects ubuntu/gtk-qt-engine-kde4
 status invalid

 - Alexander

[John Cottier (john-cottier)]

I have experienced the same problem after upgrade to Kubuntu hardy. Firefox 3.0 is still the same. You have to click on a radio button, then click elsewhere to see the selection. I have all standard default themes etc. Why is the bug listed as invalid?

[Lydia Pintscher (lydia-pintscher)]

It is listed as invalid in all packages but one because the bug is actually only in gtk-qt-engine and needs to be fixed there. As you can see it is confirmed for that package.

[Roger Miller (zill)]

Confirmed problem still exists with Kubuntu 8.04: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008061015 Firefox/3.0

[Gary W. (node45-55)]

I also get this problem. Annoying, isn't it? I don't think it's just in Firefox though, as I've noticed it in the CompizConfig settings manager as well. Running KDE 3.5.9

[JoseLVG (josvazg)]

Does this happen only in Kubuntu and NOT in Ubuntu then?

2008/7/18 Gary W. <email address hidden>:

> I also get this problem. Annoying, isn't it? I don't think it's just in
> Firefox though, as I've noticed it in the CompizConfig settings manager
> as well. Running KDE 3.5.9
>
> --
> Focused checkboxes and radio buttons rendered as grey rectangle
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223055
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[shepherdguy (vaughn-solarword)]

Work around for me was to "System Settings-Appearances-GTK Styles and Fonts"

1) Use another style=Redmond
2) Install scrollbar fix.

[libertyernie (libertyernie)]

Confirmed on latest Kubuntu 8.04.1. Why does this work in Debian but not Ubuntu? It's very annoying in GMail and the workaround is unattractive.

[Resnick (resnick147)]

Confirming on Kubuntu 8.04.1.
No problem with Firefox 2.x, the bug presented itself after upgrading to firefox 3.

Selecting a theme other than QT for GTK apps is a workaround, but degrades the visual experience.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Isn't an issue anymore with gtk-qt-engine 1:1.1+svn20080816 in Intrepid.

[Thilo-Alexander Ginkel (thilo.ginkel)]

Unfortunately, I cannot confirm that gtk-qt-engine_1.1+svn20080816-0ubuntu4~hardy1~ppa1 (which I just got via system update in Hardy) solves the issue. What still seems to cause various rendering problems is scrolling on a page. All content that becomes visible as result of the scrolling action is rendered incorrectly (see attached screenshot).

[Thilo-Alexander Ginkel (thilo.ginkel)]

But the grey rectangle thing really seems to be solved. Sorry, I mixed up two bugs...

[Resnick (resnick147)]

After upgrading the KControl module for GTK theme selection disappeared and I can't seem to set gtk-qt theme, even if I manually select it in my .gtkrc-2.0 (in attachment).

Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks

[Pontiac (pontiac76)]

Due to another bug with FF and flash movies, I launched FireFox from a command line and keep getting these errors:

(firefox:9529): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

Unsure if this has anything to do with it.

[John Cottier (john-cottier)]

I still have the grey check box problem. This is on a Kubuntu 8.04.1 and Firefox 3.02 (just updated). Its seems this bug is Ubuntu related only. Why does the status say fix released?

[Pontiac (pontiac76)]

I think this is more related to the KDE Desktop rendering engine more than FF itself. I've seen other KDE windows show up showing similar results of `boxed out radio boxes`. Once I remember where this screen is, I'll post a screen shot.

[yan (yannn)]

Still the same problems here:

* Focussed checkboxes and radio buttons don't show correctly
* List selection doesn't show

shepherdguy's workaround (2008-08-08) does work but reduces the visual experience a lot.

I am using Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092510 Ubuntu/8.04 (hardy) Firefox/3.0.3 (Kubuntu / KDE 3.5.9)

[Jel Coward (jel-wildmedic)]

I get this when using Windows and firefox 3 when _printing_

[Manuel López-Ibáñez (manuellopezibanez)]

Confirmed on a fully updated Kubuntu Hardy with firefox 3.

[Paul Boddie (paul-boddie)]

Confirmed on a fully updated Kubuntu Hardy (recently upgraded from Gutsy) with Firefox 3 running the Plastik KDE theme.

Installing the gtk2-engines package provided a number of Gtk+ themes. Then, going into "System Settings", under "Look & Feel" choosing "Appearance", then entering the "GTK Styles and Fonts" panel and choosing Clearlooks in the "GTK Styles" section did provide properly functioning form controls once I restarted Firefox.

I decided to install gtk2-engines-qtcurve and choose QtCurve both as my KDE style and as the GTK+ style described above. However, the GTK+ style must be chosen explicitly: the "Use my KDE style in GTK applications" does not manage to properly enable the QtCurve styling for Firefox. This is itself probably some kind of bug or omission.

These kinds of bugs are awkward because although one shouldn't override the user's theme choices when upgrading their system, one should avoid leaving them with inadequate themes or configurations.

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