This ended up breaking GNOME functionality, as in gedit's (Yes/No/Cancel) buttons do not show up any more: http://i.imgur.com/0B3Vhyc.png
Reverting to the original settings, (http://i.imgur.com/7FPnxZK.png) did not remove this error. Created a new user and checked up on functionality, and things work as intended in that session. So, touch "once", break "once and for all" seems to be the mantra for GNOME at the moment :-(
I changed my themes in GNOME to the following: http://i.imgur.com/2P7xzAK.png
This ended up breaking GNOME functionality, as in gedit's (Yes/No/Cancel) buttons do not show up any more: http://i.imgur.com/0B3Vhyc.png
Reverting to the original settings, (http://i.imgur.com/7FPnxZK.png) did not remove this error. Created a new user and checked up on functionality, and things work as intended in that session. So, touch "once", break "once and for all" seems to be the mantra for GNOME at the moment :-(