317082 - Bookmark menu flickers, submenus don't open without clicking and also flicker

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 306426

(Firefox :: Menus, defect)

Description

[siimo]

The entire bookmarks menu starts flickering after a while of using (10-15 mins with 2-3 tabs) so when i click on bookmarks and scroll my mouse cursor down over the list instead of highlighting various bookmarks it just flickers (blue highlight/unhighlighted/blue highlight/unlighted...). This makes it very difficult to open bookmarks inside sub-folders because going on the name of the folder does not expand it or show its contents.  It is a very major graphics bug and it is obvious and makes using firefox impossible without restarting it or opening a new window.

Maybe this only affects newer linux systems? im not sure. I am running ubuntu breezy badger 5.10 which is their current release and has gtk 2.8.6 with cairo support.  I have also experienced this on suse 10.0 which also has the new gtk and cairo.

Comment 1

[siimo]

i forgot to mention i have tried this with firefox 1.5 rc3 official release and a completely fresh profile.

Does anyone else at all experience this bug?  

I have no experience about firefox development cycle but i'd think a release with such a major UI bug would be good if this indeed is experienced by other users and not just me!

Comment 2

[Andrew Schultz]

dupe of "Certain submenus blink (flash, flicker) rapidly and do not expand when highlighted (hovered over)"

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 306426 ***

Comment 3

[siimo]

Ah? excuse me I am talking about 1.5 Branch not trunk?