Further to reporter's comment #2 (also tested in Ubuntu 18.04) I'm marking this as "Fix Released" to close.
** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- 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/1308748 Title: Gedit doesn't scroll when not selected Status in gedit package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: I can't scroll in gedit when it's not selected. But other programs are working find. I can scroll in firefox or gnome-terminal when i keep the mouse pointer on it. But gedit as well as evince need to be selected to scroll a page. This behaviour suddenly changed from ubuntu 13.10. Not fixed yet. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: gedit 3.10.4-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-19.40-generic 3.13.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Apr 17 02:17:48 2014 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gedit InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-17 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20140326) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gedit UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1308748/+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