According to upstream bug, it's a gtk 3.18 bug which Abiword triggered. An update to 3.20 fix the issue, which is the case on yakkety. To fix the bug on 16.04, we have to find the correct gtk fix (which may not be that easy).
** Also affects: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: abiword (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Changed in: lubuntu-artwork (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Also affects: abiword (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: lubuntu-artwork (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: lubuntu-artwork (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: abiword (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1574278 Title: AbiWord text cursor starts to flicker after adding some text To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/abiword/+bug/1574278/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs