Text rendering issues with Dash to Panel and Left or Right panel position #511
Description
Has this issue been covered in the Wiki?
- I have read the Wiki and my issue is not covered.
Is there an existing issue reported already?
- I have searched the existing issues, it does not exist.
What is the unexpected behavior?
I'm using Dash to Panel with the panel monitor position set to Left. In this configuration, text is not rendered correctly.
It seems like text is drawn on top of old text, which makes it partially unreadable. This happens with both the Use fixed widths" option is enabled and disabled. (Disabling the option just has the additional effect that icons start jumping around, even though they really shouldn't.)
The issue disappears briefly (until the next update) when hovering the panel icon group or taking a screenshot. This makes it difficult to analyze the issue, because it can't be screenshot. Here's an OBS recording:
2025-12-06.16-56-13.cropped.mp4
Steps to reproduce the unexpected behavior.
- Install both Dash To Panel and Vitals.
- Configure Dash To Panel to position it on the left or right monitor side.
- Set the update frequency of Vitals to 1 second to make the issues appear more quickly.
- Text should now be rendered incorrectly every now and again as described above.
Relevant log output
What distribution and version of Linux are you using?
25.10
What version of Gnome are you using?
49