HTML <select> elements blank drop-down

[alixpeigue]

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What happened?

When I open <select> HTML elements, it displays a blank drop-down instead of the options, however they are still clickable.

I'm also on Wayland, this problem is not present on Firefox 138.0.1, but this might still be a GTK theme problem on my end.

I'm using the AUR package which uses the tarball release from GitHub.

Version

1.12b

What platform are you seeing the problem on?

Other, Linux (Tarball)

What component is this issue related to?

Other

Relevant log output if applicable

[joshua-holmes]

I am having the same issue. Opened an issue of my own and finally found this one, so I closed it.

It might have some useful info for whoever looks into this. #8276

I am also using Wayland and downloaded this from the AUR zen-browser-bin which is a tarball

[juampivallejo]

Same issue with Zen installed in NixOS with wayland. Installed using this flake https://github.com/0xc000022070/zen-browser-flake

[juampivallejo]

After the update to v1.12.6b the behavior changed on my side, not the rendering only displays the selected option, with some broken styles.

This update included the following fix on the release notes, which may suggest this issue is related to some bug with GTK:

fixed: An issue with GTK popups having low contrast. 

[alixpeigue]

I also have this new behavior in version 1.12.6b.

[mr-cheffy]

Could you please send me your user.js file?

[alixpeigue]

Could you please send me your user.js file?

I don't have a user.js file

[MagneFire]

In my case it seems to happen when the Adwaita:dark GTK theme is used. Manually unsetting the GTK theme seems to work around it for me:

GTK_THEME= zen-browser

[joshua-holmes]

Yeah that fixed it for me @MagneFire thank you

[AchillesGH]

For me it works (text is visible), but highlight on hover does not work and it is light. I tried vanilla firefox it works fine.

[dosubot[bot]]

Hi, @alixpeigue. I'm Dosu, and I'm helping the desktop team manage their backlog. I'm marking this issue as stale.

Issue Summary:

• HTML <select> elements display a blank drop-down menu on Linux using the AUR package.
• The issue may be linked to the Adwaita:dark GTK theme.
• @MagneFire suggested unsetting the GTK theme, which resolved the issue for some users.
• Further investigation into GTK-related bugs may be necessary for a permanent fix.

Next Steps:

• Please confirm if this issue is still relevant to the latest version of the desktop repository by commenting here.
• If no updates are provided, the issue will be automatically closed in 7 days.

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