You can fix it manually. Open the file gtk-widgets.css under, for example, for Radiance: /usr/share/themes/Radiance/gtk-3.0/
Then, find the line (#1040): /* Workaround for lp:949368 */ and comment two following blocks with "/*" at the beginning and "*/" at the end, like this: /*GtkComboBox .menuitem * { color: @fg_color; } GtkComboBox .menuitem *:hover { color: @selected_fg_color; }*/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-themes in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1301771 Title: Text of highlighted item in combobox has no color distinction from that of non highlighted items Status in Themes for Ubuntu: New Status in “ubuntu-themes” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Looks like the text color of highlighted item in combobox/dropdown list shows no distinction from that of non highlighted ones. It's drawn in black, instead of white like usual when item is highlighted. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: light-themes 14.04+14.04.20140327-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-20.42-generic 3.13.7 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-20-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Apr 3 13:59:00 2014 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-01 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily i386 (20140331) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-themes UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-themes/+bug/1301771/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp