On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 10:47:25PM -0600, Stuart McGraw wrote: > On 03/22/2015 02:47 PM, David A. De Graaf wrote: > >On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 04:41:34PM -0600, Stuart McGraw wrote: > >>I just installed Fedora-21 and xfce. Install was from > >>the regular live x64 download, not the xfce spin. > >> > >>I have an odd problem with checkboxes in gui dialogs: > >>they don't show any checkmarks. If I click on a > >>checkbox, a checkmark will appear for a fraction of > >>a second then disappear. From the program's behavior > >>I can tell that the setting got set but it is obviously > >>difficult if one can not see which boxes are checked > >>in a dialog and which aren't. > >> > >>This problem seems to be limited to Gnome apps (the ones > >>with the new -- at least to someone coming from F15 -- > >>and really unpleasant UI design). For example, brasero > >>exhibits the effect but k3b doesn't. > >> > >>Does this problem ring a bell with anyone? > > > >Yes, I had this problem today - with kvm, or perhaps virt-manager. > >I was running a virtual instance of WindowsXP, and wanted to activate > >the USB port to talk with a TomTom GPS device. When I clicked on the > >appropriate box, a check appeared, then disappeared. > >The USB port was, in fact, activated, but that behaviour is quite > >unsatisfactory. > > > >I, too, am running F21 and Xfce4. I studiously avoid Gnome. > > After considerable playing around I discovered that the missing > checkmark effect occurs on whenever an xfce* style is selected > in app-menu -> settings -> appearance.
Wow! I admire your persistence and perspicacity in tracking this down. I confirm it. I was using the xfce-curve style; now I'm not. The checkmarks are now correctly shown. I do hope you'll report this properly. No one else will ever rediscover the problem. -- David A. De Graaf DATIX, Inc. Hendersonville, NC d...@datix.us www.datix.us Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality. -- The Dalai Lama -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org