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[Bug 1861558] Re: Snap 'ed applicaitons have garbage on top of the window Close [x] button

 

there are various forum and askubuntu threads about this issue already
as well:

https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/ui-glitch-after-recent-update/15133

https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/some-snaps-app-have-weird-looking-window-
control-and-fonts/17859

https://askubuntu.com/q/1206868/66509

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/odd-close-button-with-snaps/19392

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Title:
  Snap 'ed applicaitons have garbage on top of the window Close [x]
  button

Status in adwaita-icon-theme package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in gnome-themes-extra package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in humanity-icon-theme package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in snapd package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-mono package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Have Ubuntu 19.10 installed
  2. Install GNOME application as a Snap - for example with

      sudo snap install gedit gnome-calculator

  3. Open GNOME Tweaks -> Appearance tab, then switch Icon set to the
  one of the following:

  * Adwaita
  * DMZ-Black
  * DMZ-White
  * hicolor
  * HighContrast
  * Humanity
  * Humanity-Dark
  * LoginIcons

  For example - Adwaita theme with Adwaita icon set.

  4. Open GNOME Calculator as a Snap application:

     /snap/bin/gnome-calculator

  Expected result:

  * GNOME Calculator looks as any other GTK application

  Actual result:

  * GNOME Calculator has garbage on top of the window Close [x] button

  ---

  Notes: 
  1. Problem was first seen on AskUbuntu - https://askubuntu.com/q/1206868
  2. one can use the script below to check all possible Theme<->Icon combinations:

  ```
  #!/bin/bash

  DISPLAY=:0

  for t in $(ls -1 /usr/share/themes/)
  do 
  	for i in $(ls -1 /usr/share/icons/)
  	do

                  echo -e "\nTheme: $t, Icons: $i\n"

  		gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme "$t"
  		gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme "$i"

                  /snap/bin/gnome-calculator

  		#read -r -s -p "Press <Enter> for next theme"	
  	done
  done

  ```

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
  Package: snapd 2.41+19.10.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-29.31-generic 5.3.13
  Uname: Linux 5.3.0-29-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sat Feb  1 17:55:09 2020
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: snapd
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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