Public bug reported:
While testing Ubuntu 25.10 beta, I noticed that enabling display scaling
(for example, setting the scale to 200%) causes issues with Nautilus
context menus.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Enable fractional scaling (e.g., 200%) in Display Settings.
2. Open Nautilus and right-click on a file or folder.
3. The context menu appears but becomes frozen. It does not respond to input
until I click outside the Nautilus window, at which point it closes.
This is particularly noticeable when using **Nautilus Scripts**. The
context menu freezes every time I try to access my custom scripts.
Expected behavior:
The context menu should remain responsive and allow interaction with its items,
regardless of display scaling settings.
Actual behavior:
The context menu becomes frozen/unresponsive whenever display scaling is active.
Additional notes:
* This issue only occurs when scaling is enabled (e.g., 200%).
* I suspect the bug may be related to underlying **GNOME or GTK libraries**
rather than Nautilus itself.
* System tested on: Ubuntu 25.10 beta (fresh install, updated).
** Affects: gtk4 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: display gnome gtk gtk4 nautilus questing scaling
** Package changed: yaru-theme (Ubuntu) => gtk4 (Ubuntu)
** Tags added: questing
** Tags added: gnome
** Tags added: nautilus
** Tags added: gtk gtk4 scaling
** Tags removed: scaling
** Tags added: display
** Tags added: scaling
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Title:
Nautilus context menu freezes when display scaling is enabled in
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