Right click menu for indicators has corrupted background

Thank you for your bug report, that's not restricted to the indicator applet though right?

Yes it is. Right clicking on the main menu or an empty part of the panel works fine as do the left click applet menus.

it's doing the same when right clicking on the workspace switcher applet for example there

Ok, didn't notice. Maybe a theme problem then?

I'm also attaching a screenshot based on 2011-04-14's natty amd64 daily image

Observed on the menus of both used and newly added applets as well as on the vertical toolbars. Appears in the Ambiance, Radiance themes.

I've also noticed this UI (?) annoying problem:
- Ubuntu 11.04 released, 32bit
I've also attached a screenshot of this (right click on the Indicator Applet)

Quick fix:

Open /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-2.0/apps/gnome-panel.rc (or change Ambiance to Radiance if you are using that).

Create a new style based on the Panel style, without the backroung image setting, and name is 'panell":
[code]
style "panell" = "dark"
{
 xthickness = 0
 ythickness = 0

 bg[NORMAL] = "#4b4a46"

 engine "murrine" {
  #contrast = 1.0
  textstyle = 2
  text_shade = 0.35
 }
}[/code]

Then look for
[code]widget "*PanelApplet*" style "panel"[/code]
and change it with
[code]widget "*PanelApplet*" style "panell"[/code]

Save it and run "killall gnome-panel", and it should be fixed.

Jim Bauwens' fix solves the issue for me.

Worked for me too.
Ta.

Alin

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more like a theme issue, reassigning.

I can confirm this issue when right-clicking panel applets in Natty.

BTW, Jim Bauwens patch fixed the background issue, but the menus were still a bit crumpled due to xthickness/ythickness = 0. The issue was fixed completely for me by changing the line

widget "*PanelApplet*" style "panel"

to

widget_class "*PanelApplet*" style "panel"

On a side not, I do hope, themeing Gtk+3 will be easier than this mess.

The fix has worked for me too.

Also

ythickness = 2

in panel is missing...

The issue has occurred on Ambiance on Linux Mint as well.

…and Jim Bauwens' fix has worked on it also. Thanks again.