Funny, I just came back to post that after all I've come to think it's something to do the way platform (GTK et al) libs are built in Ubuntu (Debian too?).
Because for me even the Arch binary exibits (on 22.04) the same broken behaviour. BTW after this bug is "initiated" (by opening the torrent props window), even the GTK File chooser shows these misplaced labels all over it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to transmission in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1969315 Title: text in torrent info tabs change after opening it to gibberish Status in transmission package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: on transmission-gtk after opening the torrent's properties panel, the text at first it's showing ok, buy on mouse hover it changes to random text worked fine on 21.10 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: transmission-gtk 3.00-2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-25.25-generic 5.15.30 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Apr 17 19:28:03 2022 SourcePackage: transmission UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-03-26 (22 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/+bug/1969315/+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