Now that we use GTK3, this can be fixed using CSS3 styling... including this link here for reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11381401/set-the-hover-background-color-of-a-gtk3-menuitem
Now that we use GTK3, this can be fixed using CSS3 styling... including this link here for reference: http:// stackoverflow. com/questions/ 11381401/ set-the- hover-backgroun d-color- of-a-gtk3- menuitem