Unclear Text on section guide and other parts in settings

[christo070]

Type: Bug When Extensions are Enabled

When Extensions are Disabled

Unable to identify steps to reproduce

VS Code version: Code 1.74.3 (97dec172d3256f8ca4bfb2143f3f76b503ca0534, 2023-01-09T16:57:40.428Z) OS version: Linux x64 5.15.0-58-generic Modes: Sandboxed: No

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz (8 x 1821)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: disabled_software video_encode: disabled_software vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: disabled_off
Load (avg)	1, 1, 1
Memory (System)	15.36GB (10.60GB free)
Process Argv	--unity-launch
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%
DESKTOP_SESSION	gnome
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP	GNOME
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP	gnome
XDG_SESSION_TYPE	x11

Extensions (24)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
better-comments	aar	3.0.2
path-intellisense	chr	2.8.4
regex	chr	0.4.0
vscode-markdownlint	Dav	0.49.0
vscode-eslint	dba	2.2.6
competitive-programming-helper	Div	5.9.2
prettier-vscode	esb	9.10.4
code-runner	for	0.11.8
shell-format	fox	7.2.2
vscode-pull-request-github	Git	0.56.0
python	ms-	2022.20.2
vscode-pylance	ms-	2023.1.20
jupyter	ms-	2022.11.1003412109
jupyter-renderers	ms-	1.0.12
cpptools	ms-	1.13.9
hexeditor	ms-	1.9.9
sqlite-viewer	qwt	0.1.5
java	red	1.13.0
LiveServer	rit	5.7.9
open-in-browser	tec	2.0.0
lorem-ipsum	Tyr	1.3.1
highlight-matching-tag	vin	0.10.1
intellicode-api-usage-examples	Vis	0.2.6
vscodeintellicode	Vis	1.2.30

[rzhao271]

Duplicate of #170699, but also, does this issue occur when running Code with --disable-gpu?

[christo070]

This issue does not occur when running Code with --disable-gpu

[kamalteja]

Overlapping text on startup screen. This is persistent even when used with --disable-gpu flag.

[christo070]

Overlapping text on startup screen. This is persistent even when used with --disable-gpu flag.

Make sure your modified code.desktop file is at ~/.local/share/applications/ and launch the VSCode using modified code.desktop file since it might take sometime to reflect the change in dash.

[abbasmashaddy72]

Same issues still persistent even when after using with --disable-gpu flag.

[rzhao271]

@abbasmashaddy72 are you seeing the issue for the Settings editor table of contents, the startup screen, or both?

Also, as a sanity check, make sure to fully close all instances of VS Code before reopening it with that flag.

[jamesrobb]

This affects me as well. I'm running into the same problem with both searches in settings and on the startup screen.

Version: 1.78.2 Commit: b3e4e68a0bc097f0ae7907b217c1119af9e03435 Date: 2023-05-10T14:47:05.613Z Electron: 22.5.2 Chromium: 108.0.5359.215 Node.js: 16.17.1 V8: 10.8.168.25-electron.0 OS: Linux x64 6.1.29-1-MANJARO Sandboxed: Yes

I'm using KDE if that makes a difference.

[Sesota]

This happens for me as well. Just FYI, I'm having the same issue with 2 other Electron based apps as well on my laptop: Mattermost and Spotify.

 ~  code -s
Version:          Code 1.80.0 (660393deaaa6d1996740ff4880f1bad43768c814, 2023-07-04T13:39:48.236Z)
OS Version:       Linux x64 5.15.114-2-MANJARO
CPUs:             11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz (4 x 2800)
Memory (System):  31.06GB (10.06GB free)
Load (avg):       1, 2, 3
VM:               0%
Screen Reader:    yes
Process Argv:     --unity-launch --crash-reporter-id c696d652-beb8-4a92-923d-38168e2e5bd7
GPU Status:       2d_canvas:                              enabled
                  canvas_oop_rasterization:               disabled_off
                  direct_rendering_display_compositor:    disabled_off_ok
                  gpu_compositing:                        enabled
                  multiple_raster_threads:                enabled_on
                  opengl:                                 enabled_on
                  rasterization:                          enabled
                  raw_draw:                               disabled_off_ok
                  video_decode:                           enabled
                  video_encode:                           disabled_software
                  vulkan:                                 disabled_off
                  webgl:                                  enabled
                  webgl2:                                 enabled
                  webgpu:                                 disabled_off

[azvyae]

Can confirm that also in vscode in edge, and some web app like bing chat in edge, but it works fine in firefox. I guess its not vscode specific, as @sesota points out that it happens also in electron, also at vscode, edge, and chrome. Those four uses chromium so i guess it is chromium related bug, because it is not happening on firefox

[azvyae]

Confirmed issue on chromium https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1489691#c3