Ulauncher does not react to any changes in the textarea field settings

[p-severin]

Environment

Ubuntu 23.10 LTS

Bug description

When I try to edit any textfield in the ulauncher settings, I don't see any changes. Although if I type something, close the window and relaunch it again, I can notice the changes in the next - I don't see them while typing. This happens with all the text fields in the settings pane - in preferences / shortcuts / extensions.

So for example on this image, when I click on "Elementary Dark" option - everything works perfectly. If I click however on the number "3" related to "Number of frequent apps to show", Ulauncher freezes.

First I had this problem on Ubuntu 22.04. I upgraded to 23.10 (still have the same issue).
I have another laptop with Ubuntu 22.04 - where everything works perfectly!
I tried to reinstall ubuntu, delete cache, reinstall python as well - nothing helped.

Log output

2024-01-06 21:13:43,463 | INFO | ulauncher: main() | Ulauncher version 5.15.6
2024-01-06 21:13:43,463 | INFO | ulauncher: main() | Extension API version 2.0.0
2024-01-06 21:13:43,463 | INFO | ulauncher: main() | GTK+ 3.24.38
2024-01-06 21:13:43,463 | INFO | ulauncher: main() | Is Wayland: False
2024-01-06 21:13:43,463 | INFO | ulauncher: main() | Wayland compatibility: off
2024-01-06 21:13:43,474 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: __init__() | consider using a pythonic name instead of design name 'input-box'
2024-01-06 21:13:43,476 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: do_connect() | connect builder by name 'ulauncher_window','destroy', 'on_destroy'
2024-01-06 21:13:43,476 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: do_connect() | connect builder by name 'ulauncher_window','focus_in_event', 'on_focus_in_event'
2024-01-06 21:13:43,476 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: do_connect() | connect builder by name 'ulauncher_window','focus_out_event', 'on_focus_out_event'
2024-01-06 21:13:43,476 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: do_connect() | connect builder by name 'input','key_press_event', 'on_input_key_press_event'
2024-01-06 21:13:43,477 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: log_unconnected_functions() | Not connected to builder 'on_input_changed'
2024-01-06 21:13:43,477 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: log_unconnected_functions() | Not connected to builder 'on_mnu_about_activate'
2024-01-06 21:13:43,477 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: log_unconnected_functions() | Not connected to builder 'on_mnu_close_activate'
2024-01-06 21:13:43,477 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: log_unconnected_functions() | Not connected to builder 'on_mnu_preferences_activate'
2024-01-06 21:13:43,477 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: log_unconnected_functions() | Not connected to builder 'on_preferences_dialog_destroyed'
2024-01-06 21:13:43,478 | DEBUG | ulauncher.utils.display: get_screens() | Found 1 monitor(s)
2024-01-06 21:13:43,478 | DEBUG | ulauncher.utils.display: get_screens() |   Monitor 0 - X: 0, Y: 0, W: 1920, H: 1200
2024-01-06 21:13:43,484 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.UlauncherWindow: show_results() | render 0 results
2024-01-06 21:13:43,485 | INFO | ulauncher.search.apps.app_watcher: start() | Started scanning desktop dirs
2024-01-06 21:13:43,485 | INFO | ulauncher.api.server.ExtensionServer: _start_thread() | Starting WS server on port 5054
2024-01-06 21:13:43,504 | INFO | ulauncher.utils.desktop.reader: find_apps_cached() | Found 115 apps in cache
2024-01-06 21:13:43,522 | INFO | ulauncher.ui.windows.UlauncherWindow: bind_show_app_hotkey() | Trying to bind app hotkey: <Primary>space
2024-01-06 21:13:43,529 | INFO | ulauncher.utils.desktop.reader: find_apps_cached() | Found 115 apps in the system
2024-01-06 21:13:43,529 | INFO | ulauncher.search.apps.app_watcher: start() | Scanned desktop dirs in 0.04 seconds
2024-01-06 21:13:43,531 | DEBUG | ulauncher.search.apps.app_watcher: start() | Start watching desktop files...
2024-01-06 21:13:45,983 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.UlauncherWindow: activate_preferences() | create new preferences_dialog
2024-01-06 21:13:46,000 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: log_unconnected_functions() | Not connected to builder 'on_hotkey_set'
2024-01-06 21:13:46,001 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: log_unconnected_functions() | Not connected to builder 'on_scheme_callback'
2024-01-06 21:13:46,074 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: __init__() | consider using a pythonic name instead of design name 'hotkey-dialog-vbox1'
2024-01-06 21:13:46,074 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: __init__() | consider using a pythonic name instead of design name 'new-hotkey-label'
2024-01-06 21:13:46,076 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: do_connect() | connect builder by name 'hotkey_dialog','delete_event', 'on_delete_event'
2024-01-06 21:13:46,076 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: do_connect() | connect builder by name 'hotkey_input','key_press_event', 'on_hotkey_input_key_press_event'
2024-01-06 21:13:46,297 | INFO | ulauncher.ui.windows.PreferencesUlauncherDialog: prefs_get_all() | API call /get/all
2024-01-06 21:13:52,644 | INFO | ulauncher.ui.windows.PreferencesUlauncherDialog: prefs_shortcut_get_all() | Handling /shortcut/get-all
2024-01-06 21:13:59,377 | INFO | ulauncher.ui.windows.PreferencesUlauncherDialog: prefs_extension_get_all() | Handling /extension/get-all
2024-01-06 21:14:00,384 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.UlauncherWindow: on_preferences_dialog_destroyed() | on_preferences_dialog_destroyed
2024-01-06 21:14:09,060 | DEBUG | ulauncher.utils.display: get_screens() | Found 1 monitor(s)
2024-01-06 21:14:09,061 | DEBUG | ulauncher.utils.display: get_screens() |   Monitor 0 - X: 0, Y: 0, W: 1920, H: 1200
2024-01-06 21:14:09,067 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.UlauncherWindow: show_results() | render 2 results
2024-01-06 21:14:10,889 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.UlauncherWindow: activate_preferences() | create new preferences_dialog
2024-01-06 21:14:10,896 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: log_unconnected_functions() | Not connected to builder 'on_hotkey_set'
2024-01-06 21:14:10,896 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: log_unconnected_functions() | Not connected to builder 'on_scheme_callback'
2024-01-06 21:14:10,899 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: __init__() | consider using a pythonic name instead of design name 'hotkey-dialog-vbox1'
2024-01-06 21:14:10,899 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: __init__() | consider using a pythonic name instead of design name 'new-hotkey-label'
2024-01-06 21:14:10,902 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: do_connect() | connect builder by name 'hotkey_dialog','delete_event', 'on_delete_event'
2024-01-06 21:14:10,903 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.Builder: do_connect() | connect builder by name 'hotkey_input','key_press_event', 'on_hotkey_input_key_press_event'
2024-01-06 21:14:11,111 | INFO | ulauncher.ui.windows.PreferencesUlauncherDialog: prefs_get_all() | API call /get/all
2024-01-06 21:14:16,661 | INFO | ulauncher.ui.windows.PreferencesUlauncherDialog: prefs_extension_get_all() | Handling /extension/get-all
2024-01-06 21:14:22,106 | DEBUG | ulauncher.ui.windows.UlauncherWindow: on_preferences_dialog_destroyed() | on_preferences_dialog_destroyed
2024-01-06 21:14:30,626 | WARNING | ulauncher: main() | On KeyboardInterrupt

Communication guidelines

• I have read and agree with Ulauncher's communication guidelines and checked the troubleshooting page for self-help.

Not an extension issue

• This issue applies to the Ulauncher application, not a specific extension.

Ulauncher v6

• I have made sure the bug isn't already fixed in v6.

[friday]

The settings is just HTML and javascript rendered by WebkitGtk. This is an issue is likely with WebkitGtk combined with your hardware (Nvidia graphics card maybe?). I can keep the issue open but the only way I know to fix it is #1257