there are various forum and askubuntu threads about this issue already as well:
https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/ui-glitch-after-recent-update/15133 https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/some-snaps-app-have-weird-looking-window- control-and-fonts/17859 https://askubuntu.com/q/1206868/66509 https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/odd-close-button-with-snaps/19392 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-themes-extra in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1861558 Title: Snap 'ed applicaitons have garbage on top of the window Close [x] button Status in adwaita-icon-theme package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-themes-extra package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in humanity-icon-theme package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in snapd package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-mono package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Steps to reproduce: 1. Have Ubuntu 19.10 installed 2. Install GNOME application as a Snap - for example with sudo snap install gedit gnome-calculator 3. Open GNOME Tweaks -> Appearance tab, then switch Icon set to the one of the following: * Adwaita * DMZ-Black * DMZ-White * hicolor * HighContrast * Humanity * Humanity-Dark * LoginIcons For example - Adwaita theme with Adwaita icon set. 4. Open GNOME Calculator as a Snap application: /snap/bin/gnome-calculator Expected result: * GNOME Calculator looks as any other GTK application Actual result: * GNOME Calculator has garbage on top of the window Close [x] button --- Notes: 1. Problem was first seen on AskUbuntu - https://askubuntu.com/q/1206868 2. one can use the script below to check all possible Theme<->Icon combinations: ``` #!/bin/bash DISPLAY=:0 for t in $(ls -1 /usr/share/themes/) do for i in $(ls -1 /usr/share/icons/) do echo -e "\nTheme: $t, Icons: $i\n" gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme "$t" gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme "$i" /snap/bin/gnome-calculator #read -r -s -p "Press <Enter> for next theme" done done ``` ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 Package: snapd 2.41+19.10.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-29.31-generic 5.3.13 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Feb 1 17:55:09 2020 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: snapd UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/adwaita-icon-theme/+bug/1861558/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp