Suggested work-around copied from James Powell on a Netbeans forum page ( http://forums.netbeans.org/post-127693.html ).
Hi guys, you may have noticed that a new LTS been released several hours ago. It has a bug in a default gtk2 theme "Ambiance". All java applications menus will have a black font on a black background. Bug already reported on launchpad, but have no idea when it will be fixed, so here is a solution: sudo vim /usr/share/themes/Ambiance/gtk-2.0/gtkrc Find a row 338 with contents: style "menu" { and make it look like this: style "menu" = "dark" { save and your java menus will be fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/989624 Title: Netbeans font type is bold, menu font color is grey To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netbeans/+bug/989624/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs