this has been the same since ages. please see the attached desktop video capture. the list of printers is in my opinion (a) refreshed too fast and (b) whatever is the sort algorithm for the order in the window, it's not stable, ie each time it produces a slightly different list of printers. it's extremely hard to select the correct printer below the point where it starts to deviate by each update. this is agonizing.
note that this is not limited to just the evince print dialog, as shown in the attachment. it affects all print dialogs of all the gtk applications. ** Attachment added: "desktop video illustrating the odd behavior." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1527147/+attachment/5000023/+files/evince-print_dialog.ogv -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gtk+3.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1527147 Title: list of printers in print dialog jumps fast, hard to select a printer Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: when opening a gtk print dialog (evince, firefox etc), the list of printers is jumping up and down when many printers are listed. i am not sure if this is related to cups reporting different number of printers each time asked or is this some kind of a list sorting problem in gnome when repeated sorting is not stable. the behavior is quite annoying since it is very hard to select a particular printer from such a list that changes so fast. the attachment illustrates the issue. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: libgtk-3-0 3.16.7-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-21.25-generic 4.2.6 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-21-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu Dec 17 10:01:31 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-21 (421 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) SourcePackage: gtk+3.0 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-12-03 (14 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1527147/+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
