Yeah probably a common UI toolkit issue. Maybe even intentionally designed that way.
I'm just glad to have finally articulated this into a bug report. This flicker has been bugging me at least on a subconscious level on the phone for a very long time. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity8 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1545945 Title: Selection flickers to dark grey for a split second before settling on light grey Status in Ubuntu UX: New Status in ubuntu-system-settings package in Ubuntu: New Status in ubuntu-ui-toolkit package in Ubuntu: New Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: System Settings: The rounded selection rectangle flickers on mouse click. Using Unity8 on desktop, when I click on any icon in System Settings a rounded selection rectangle appears. However during the click that selection rectangle flickers to dark grey for a fraction of a second before becoming light grey. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ux/+bug/1545945/+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