Adobe Flash Player Ubuntu 16 Popup Window Bug

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Problem may exist on Ubuntu 10 - 16.

Flash player game causes local storage popup. Popup does not respond to mouse click on allow.

"Adobe Flash Player Settings" dialog does not respond to mouse clicks

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open a flash file. Be it a game, video, website, etc.
  2. Right click on the flash player and select "Settings"
  3. Try to click on something in the dialog box such as a checkbox or a tab

What is expected to happen:


The dialog box responds to user input, e.g. checking a checkbox or switching to a different tab.

What happens instead:

The dialog box does not respond. Nothing happens when the user interacts with it. The user must refresh the page to exit the dialog box.

WORK AROUND:

Go to this link

It has a settings manager dialog via Adobe. You can manually go in and select to allow unlimited storage for the particular web site you are trying to use.

BUG DESCRIPTION:

MORE INFO:

There was a bug in the Linux FP which made it seem like the settings window is impossible to close.