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chromium-browser package

[snap] mouse pointer on Ubuntu flavours is retro-looking when hovering over links

Bug #1833611 reported by Paul White
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chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
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Bug Description

This is a follow-up to Community Hub post:
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/call-for-testing-chromium-browser-deb-to-snap-transition/11179/52?u=paulw2u

The installation of the deb to snap transition (for all major Ubuntu flavours) was in a live environment using ISOs dated 20190618 or 20190620. This installed Chromium 75.0.3770.80 or 75.0.3770.90 depending on the date of the test.

In Ubuntu and Ubuntu Budgie the mouse pointer, when hovering over a link, appears as an upward pointing black hand which is as expected.

But in Ubuntu MATE, Kubuntu, Lubuntu and Xubuntu the mouse pointer appears as a retro looking left pointing white hand.

Tags: focal snap
Paul White (paulw2u)
summary: - [snap] mouse pointer on Ubuntu flavours is retro-looking
+ [snap] mouse pointer on Ubuntu flavours is retro-looking when hovering
+ over links
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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

See also bug #1838008.

Olivier Tilloy (osomon)
Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Brian Ibs (brian-ibs-uo) wrote :

This issue is fixed for me (as merlijn-sebrechts predicted on Discourse) via:
Auto-refresh snap "gtk-common-themes".

Kubuntu 19.10
Fixed: mouse pointer was a traditional sharp pointer. Now it uses my preferred KDE default pointer.
Fixed: mouse pointer over links was "retro looking left pointing hand". Now it uses expected upward pointing hand as found in other apps such as Firefox.

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Alberto Donato (ack) wrote :

I have the same issue on 20.04 with the following snaps:

chromium: 85.0.4183.102 (1298) 169MB -
gtk-common-themes: 0.1-36-gc75f853 (1506) 65MB -

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Alberto Donato (ack) wrote :

For me, it's not just over links.
The whole application window doesn't seem to be used themed cursors.

tags: added: focal
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praveenp (praveenp) wrote :

I have this issue since 85.0.4183.83 snap refresh. Persists in 85.0.4183.102. Complete cursor theme has fallen back to X11 version.

OS: Linux Mint 20, DE: Cinnamon 4.6.7

Bug is reported in Linux Mint Forum so there are multiple users affected by this bug.

Snapcraft forum entry by me: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/wrong-cursor-theme-in-chroimum-snap/19920

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Muslimbek Abduganiev (graywizard12345) wrote :

I have this issue on Ubuntu 20.04

chromium 86.0.4240.198 (1399) 252MB
gtk-common-themes 0.1-36-gc75f853 (1506) 65MB

The bug affects not just links, but the entire window doesn't use the system cursor theme.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Which desktop theme are you using?

Norbert (nrbrtx)
tags: removed: eoan
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