[SOLVED] Text disappearing in GTK applications

Here's a screenshot of what I'm describing: http://i.imgur.com/chJ1V.png
Text disappears from labels, lists, textboxes and tooltips. I've noticed I can copy and paste text from GTK textboxes into Qt applications but if I copy text from one GTK textbox to another it still won't appear. When typing in a textbox I'll be able to see it (most of the time) but then one keystroke will make the whole text disappear, pressing backspace does not make it reappear.
Also, some text reappears when reducing the size of a list horizontally: http://imgur.com/a/LvBJ1 -- Increasing the width causes more text to disappear.
I can't seem to find any solution through google and I don't think it's a font issue since I'm having no problems with Qt applications.
Any ideas on what the problem could be? Thanks
Last edited by johan_m (2012-05-15 17:47:00)

This issue is also occurring in terminal emulators that use vte or vte3. This includes Lilyterm, Sakura, etc (you can see the list under VTE-Based Terminals in the list of Common Applications on the Arch Wiki.
I wanted to point this out because I don't use any GTK applications, hopefully this should be helpful for lilyterm users who are searching for this issue.
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Last edited by ElKatrina (2012-05-16 02:26:31)

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