[Solved!]Re: Firefox question about pop-up menus; (solved?) and a new annoyance
On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 08:02:47PM -0700, Kevin Buhr wrote:
> Paul E Condon <pecondon@mesanetworks.net> writes:
> >
> > Then the mozilla extension installer worked, *but* the new image of
> > firefox has a problem that is in its own internal configuration. It
> > is most noticeable in the top line of buttons (File Edit View
> > ...). When I click on any of these it becomes 'highlighted' by
> > changing the backgound from gray to white and the foreground lettering
> > from black to white.
>
> This is a known problem with Firefox 1.0.x's interaction with Debian's
> version of the Gnome "Simple" theme. See the Debian bug:
>
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=257430
>
> It's fixed in Firefox 1.5 (and the above bug report includes a
> backport of the fix), but that's of little help if you want to use the
> official Debian package without compiling your own.
>
> Fortunately, there is a reasonably straightforward workaround. From
> your Gnome menu, select "Applications -> Desktop Preferences ->
> Themes", and pick just about any theme other than "Simple". "Crux"
> and "Default" look about the same as "Simple", and if I recall
> correctly neither of them exhibits the problem.
>
> --
> Kevin <buhr+debian@asaurus.net>
>
Wow! Switching to Crux fixed the annoyances and didn't break anything!
Thankyou, Kevin. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou.
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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