Public bug reported: 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: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/1371 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/commit/9b7d886b723132eade2e76f3fd179cf81b7601f2 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 4.19.0-041900rc8-generic x86_64 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) ** Affects: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1798861 Title: Tooltips flicker constantly in GTK3 applications To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1798861/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
