Re: little problem on IDE

[Karl Reinl <karl.reinl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Am Sonntag, dem 22.02.2026 um 11:36 +0000 schrieb Bruce Steers:
> With gnome gtk3 Wayland I get....
> 
> The run button cannot be used.
> It is not ghosted so it is not disabled, it just does not do anything
> when hovered over
> (working buttons get a border when you hover)
> 
> Pressing F5 works.
> 
> Running IDE from terminal i get these GTK warnings (not sure if it
> helps)...
> 
> [bonus@bonus-virtualbox ~]$ gambas3
> (gambas3:1415): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:17:11.449: Negative content width
> -7 (allocation 1, extents 4x4) while allocating gadget (node
> headerbar, owner GtkHeaderBar)
> (gambas3:1415): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:17:11.451:
> gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -24
> and height 19
> (gambas3:1415): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:17:11.451: Negative content width
> -23 (allocation 1, extents 12x12) while allocating gadget (node
> label, owner GtkLabel)
> (gambas3:1415): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:17:12.694: Negative content width
> -7 (allocation 1, extents 4x4) while allocating gadget (node
> headerbar, owner GtkHeaderBar)
> (gambas3:1415): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:17:12.694:
> gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -24
> and height 19
> (gambas3:1415): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:17:12.694: Negative content width
> -23 (allocation 1, extents 12x12) while allocating gadget (node
> label, owner GtkLabel)
> (gambas3:1415): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:17:13.225: Negative content width
> -7 (allocation 1, extents 4x4) while allocating gadget (node
> headerbar, owner GtkHeaderBar)
> (gambas3:1415): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:17:13.228:
> gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -24
> and height 19
> (gambas3:1415): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:17:13.228: Negative content width
> -23 (allocation 1, extents 12x12) while allocating gadget (node
> label, owner GtkLabel)
> (gambas3:1415): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:17:15.189: Negative content width
> -7 (allocation 1, extents 4x4) while allocating gadget (node
> headerbar, owner GtkHeaderBar)
> (gambas3:1415): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:17:15.189:
> gtk_widget_size_allocate(): attempt to allocate widget with width -24
> and height 19
> (gambas3:1415): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:17:15.189: Negative content width
> -23 (allocation 1, extents 12x12) while allocating gadget (node
> label, owner GtkLabel)
> 
> Gnome wayland sucks, i cannot even find anywhere to set my desktop
> font settings !
> If i right click the IDE Toolbar i do not get the "configure toolbar"
> menu so cannot adjust toolbar icon size.
> 
> Another oddity in the IDE preferences Font settings. The FontBox
> buttons to open the font requester only work if I click the right
> hand side of them.
> They do nothing if i click the left side of them.
> This leads me to suspect there's maybe some new GTK3/Wayland position
> detection glitch.
> 
> It seems to be localised to MenuButton only.
> The "Open project" MenuButton also does not work.
> All other buttons seem okay.
> 
> Respects
> BruceS
> 
> 
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2026, 08:22 Benoît Minisini,
> <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Le 21/02/2026 à 20:51, Karl Reinl a écrit :
> > > Salut,
> > > 
> > > I reinstalled the current master (from scratch) on a VM with
> > Manjaro
> > > (gnome).
> > > 
> > > Everything is running smoothly, but the project cannot be started
> > with
> > > the EXECUTE button. F5 works, and all buttons in the menu bar
> > receive
> > > focus except for EXECUTE/CONTINOUE.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone have any ideas?
> > 
> > I don't understand what you mean. Can you provide a video or
> > screenshots 
> > of the problem?

Salut  Bruce,

thank you for the detailed description. I started to work it out, but
it wouldn't have been as accurate as yours.

-- 
Amicalement
Charlie