Could you do a screencast/video of the issue? Yes I just tried with a fresh ISO - downloaded a focal desktop amd64 iso - started it in VM on the live session - ctrl-alt-T
$ gedit - opened the popdown menu - selected preferences - unselected the checkbox for the 'highlight selected line' verified that the first emtpy line is selected - closed gedit - type gedit on the command line again gedit opens with the first line not selected -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1880806 Title: Gedit unable to save preferences on 20.04 Status in gedit package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Hi, Since upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04, Gedit is unable to save preferences. By default, it came with the following: Display line numbers: on Display right margin: off Highlight current line: on Text wrapping: on I wanted to disable the first and third option, so I did. It works as long as gedit is open, but if I close and reopen it, the settings were reverted. Repro steps: 1. Open gedit 2. Toggle the "Highlight current line" preference 3. Close gedit 4. Open gedit again 5. Observe that the "Highlight current line" preference is reverted to the original value Expected behavior Gedit persists preferences after closing & reopening Actual behavior: Gedit does not persist preferences after closing & reopening Workaround: Using gsettings seemed to do the trick. I've run: gsettings set org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor highlight-current-line false gsettings set org.gnome.gedit.preferences.editor display-line-numbers false This persists the settings correctly, so I believe the bug is related to the UI. Additional information: OS: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: /usr/bin/gedit Version: 3.36.2-0ubuntu1 Thanks, Balazs ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gedit 3.36.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-31.35-generic 5.4.34 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-31-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Wed May 27 06:37:36 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-05 (568 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3) SourcePackage: gedit UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-22 (4 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1880806/+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
