I think the bug is in one of the underlying libraries, not Evince itself - when I enabled "Proposed" it updated a few GNOME libraries but I don't recall a change in Evince itself.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1588197 Title: Can't type anything in search box Status in evince package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Since Ubuntu 16.04, I can't search strings in PDF using Evince viewer. Clicking search button or CTRL+F shows search box, but I can't type anything inside. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1588197/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp