This is an issue with gedit-encodings-combobox chaining up to constructed() too late. Fixed in 3.14 [1]. Let's backport that if we decide to stay with 3.10.
[1] https://git.gnome.org/browse/gedit/commit/?id=f012999aebefd226fa04a35b71506d4b67dd99dd ** Changed in: gtk+3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- 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/1390011 Title: using new gtk, gedit's fileselector "encoding combo" has no preselected value Status in gtk+3.0 package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Trying to the new gtk candidate version for vivid, gedit fileselectors (in open/save dialogs) have an encoding combobox. That one displays a selected value by default using gtk 3.12, but not with the update To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1390011/+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