Well this isn't a bug with Unity at all; I've experienced similar issues with GNOME Shell and even on GNOME2. It's a GTK bug instead.
One workaround is to click the dropdown and release the mouse button VERY quickly. If you don't release it quickly (which happens in most common cases), GTK thinks you've held the mouse button down and were selecting an option. ** Package changed: unity (Ubuntu) => gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gtk+3.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/925410 Title: Pidgin "change status" combobox broken under Unity Status in “gtk+3.0” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Clicking on the change status combobox in Pidgin does nothing. More precisely, the status list appears and immediately disappears, preventing status selection. Expected behaviour: clicking on the combobox would show a list of combobox items and allow them to be selected as the new status. The current workaround is to click, hold the mouse button down, drag the mouse to the desired status and then let go of the mouse button. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: unity 4.28.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic-pae 3.0.13 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,imgpng,regex,compiztoolbox,gnomecompat,move,unitymtgrabhandles,mousepoll,resize,wall,vpswitch,snap,grid,place,animation,fade,session,expo,workarounds,scale,ezoom,unityshell] Date: Thu Feb 2 11:53:30 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-01-24 (9 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/925410/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
