How To Disable The GNOME Shell AppMenu While Retaining Its Functionality

<div style="text-align: justify;">GNOME has introduced the AppMenu for some of its core applications a while back (for some applications like Epiphany, with GNOME 3.4 and for others like Nautilus, etc. with GNOME 3.6), meaning that part of the menu or the whole menu is displayed as a drop-down on the top GNOME Shell bar:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg006euYvqK61SUiIXTFBvH2Sm3gMKi-hot9ZZ6mtDmHAhLev6KnLXV2_8uiwqOCaOu2hARSNZAMFc_Wcoa2EBTWPxp-2i1rOAvhg98p3PyCfFwAoFaw6a8jeygQHV2c2FK-EPRGtwNbuf0/s1600/gnome-shell-appmenu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="GNOME Shell AppMenu Nautilus" border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg006euYvqK61SUiIXTFBvH2Sm3gMKi-hot9ZZ6mtDmHAhLev6KnLXV2_8uiwqOCaOu2hARSNZAMFc_Wcoa2EBTWPxp-2i1rOAvhg98p3PyCfFwAoFaw6a8jeygQHV2c2FK-EPRGtwNbuf0/s320/gnome-shell-appmenu.png" title="GNOME Shell AppMenu Nautilus" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Some applications now have two menus:</b> an <b>AppMenu</b> that's displayed on the top GNOME Shell bar which is used for <b>actions that affect the entire application</b> and <b>another menu that's displayed in the application window, which affects the currently focused window</b>.  Such applications include: Nautilus 3.6+ (the AppMenu includes: Preferences, New Window items, etc., while the cog menu that's displayed in the application window can be used to open a new tab, create a new folder, etc.), Totem 3.6+ (uses an AppMenu and a regular horizontal window menu) or Epiphany (Web) browser.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other GNOME applications only use an AppMenu, without a secondary window menu: GNOME Documents, Contacts, Boxes, Cheese or Empathy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While using an AppMenu for actions that affect the entire application and another one for window-specific actions makes sense in theory, in reality this seems to have caused confusion, inconsistency and some would say that it brings no real benefit. Further more, <b>GNOME Shell's top bar is only displayed on the main monitor </b>when using multiple monitors and thus, if you want to access it for an application that's displayed on another monitor, the mouse needs to travel a considerable distance.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And this isn't confusing just for GNOME Shell users. <b>The GNOME Shell AppMenu is also used in Unity and for instance, in Nautilus 3.6 (which is installed by default in Ubuntu 13.04 and can easily be <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/how-to-install-nautilus-36-or-patched.html">installed in Ubuntu 12.10</a> using the GNOME 3 PPA)</b>, it's not clear that there's a menu on the top Unity panel:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZrHei2XZzgRTrelhFYSFo7srKxjRjyJS2RiAXKJlwqpJg0dcQNg7j-1QPy7hDHT3Ax8YyUpcRLlCrdCoEujreGjDeuTxSNhwrHtQ-ScAW2LiiTCocbxLJACh0LTXcxeLO1IRzuIqX07n/s1600/nautilus-unity-confusing.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Nautilus 3.6 Unity" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZrHei2XZzgRTrelhFYSFo7srKxjRjyJS2RiAXKJlwqpJg0dcQNg7j-1QPy7hDHT3Ax8YyUpcRLlCrdCoEujreGjDeuTxSNhwrHtQ-ScAW2LiiTCocbxLJACh0LTXcxeLO1IRzuIqX07n/s320/nautilus-unity-confusing.png" title="Nautilus 3.6 Unity" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It doesn't look like there's a menu on the top panel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRwN3378_s00N5WJwVAj7JWdCTq3_uBYcpo3csKZ3hDYLtd_-ml5eLOpH8tlNid6YaZIRVZz01uENGyZ0M0RrW2RJgUhLLM6PALjEUGtznacvh0A5hMWhxbvMWnd86Zc3n77Qdr1WBhBxk/s1600/nautilus-unity-confusing_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Nautilus 3.6 Unity" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRwN3378_s00N5WJwVAj7JWdCTq3_uBYcpo3csKZ3hDYLtd_-ml5eLOpH8tlNid6YaZIRVZz01uENGyZ0M0RrW2RJgUhLLM6PALjEUGtznacvh0A5hMWhxbvMWnd86Zc3n77Qdr1WBhBxk/s320/nautilus-unity-confusing_2.png" title="Nautilus 3.6 Unity" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But there is a menu...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Further more, Ubuntu 13.04 (with Unity) users can't access the Totem preferences<b>, </b>among other menu items, because Totem uses the classic horizontal menu and thus, the menu is displayed on the top Unity panel, so the Shell AppMenu is not displayed at all - I've reported the bug <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+bug/1131754">here</a>, hopefully this will be fixed in Ubuntu.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So here's how to remove the AppMenu, but retain its functionality.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>How the menus will work after disabling the GNOME Shell AppMenu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Removing the GNOME Shell AppMenu doesn't mean you'll lose the AppMenu menu items. They will still be available - here's how things will work after using the instructions below:</b></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">for Nautilus 3.6+ and Epiphany 3.6+, the contents of the AppMenu will be merged into the Cog menu; for Epiphany 3.4, the Shell AppMenu will be displayed in the application window, but not as a horizontal menu bar but as a single menu item;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">GNOME Shell: for Totem 3.6+, you'll get a new menu in the application window, so the menu will be displayed on two lines. I'm not aware of a work-around for this (hopefully, Totem will at least get a cog menu soon);</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Unity: this tweak will only affect Nautilus 3.6+ and Epiphany 3.6+. For applications that only have a Shell AppMenu, the menu will continue to only be displayed on the top panel. Also, for Nautilus 3.6 and Epiphany 3.6, the contents of the Shell AppMenu will be merged in the cog menu, but it will also be displayed on the top panel;</li><li style="text-align: justify;">for the applications that only use a Shell AppMenu (GNOME Documents, Contacts, Empathy, Cheese, etc.), the menu will be displayed in the application window, but not as a horizontal menu bar but as a single menu item (see screenshot below).</li></ul><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHeoV8uNJFvQcvXpSTm2PfvxzKaSSgp3RIxESxwkz4zgB3wDn_YeUNFMmR9P68drS46negAR1lQBiaYYUuSiPkwNpb4-NP5BBUh0w1dSZEpmriDEBPFoFFo8O4YSIaBnZfo-fGuB9rOA5/s1600/gnome-documents.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="GNOME Documents AppMenu displayed in the window" border="0" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHeoV8uNJFvQcvXpSTm2PfvxzKaSSgp3RIxESxwkz4zgB3wDn_YeUNFMmR9P68drS46negAR1lQBiaYYUuSiPkwNpb4-NP5BBUh0w1dSZEpmriDEBPFoFFo8O4YSIaBnZfo-fGuB9rOA5/s320/gnome-documents.png" title="GNOME Documents AppMenu displayed in the window" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GNOME Documents with the AppMenu displayed in the application window</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And an extra note for Unity with Totem 3.6+ (installed by default in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail): you can get access to Totem's Shell AppMenu without using the tweak below, by launching Totem with "<i>UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 totem</i>" so you'll get the regular menu in the application window and the Shell AppMenu on the top Unity panel (actually, using the tweak below won't fix Totem and you'll still have to use that command).</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Disable the GNOME Shell AppMenu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Don't worry, if you don't like the way things work after disabling the Shell Appmenu, you can easily revert this change.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>GNOME Shell 3.4:</b> To disable the AppMenu but still get the AppMenu functionality in the application window, simply install the <a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/32/remove-panel-app-menu/">Remove Panel App Menu</a> GNOME Shell extension.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>GNOME Shell 3.6: </b>The Remove Panel App Menu extension doesn't yet support GNOME Shell 3.6, but you can still remove the AppMenu and get its functionality in the application window. To do this, firstly install the <a href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/591/remove-app-menu/">Remove App Menu</a> GNOME Shell extension. Unlike the other extension, this one only only removes the AppMenu from the top GNOME Shell panel, but the AppMenu functionality isn't added to the application window. To get the AppMenu functionality in the main application window, you can simply use the command below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides '@a{sv} {"Gtk/ShellShowsAppMenu": <int32 0>}'</code></pre><br />You can also use the command above if you want the AppMenu functionality in the main application window, but you also want the AppMenu to be displayed on the top GNOME Shell panel.<br /><br /><b> If you want to revert this change use the command below:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides '@a{sv} {}'</code></pre>and also, disable the  extension (either "Remove App Menu" or "Remove Panel App Menu", depending on which you've installed).<br /><br />You don't need to restart GNOME Shell or even the applications -  the changes will be applied instantly. <br /><br /><b>Since Unity users can't install GNOME Shell extensions, they can use the same command as above to get the AppMenu functionality in the "cog" menu for Nautilus 3.6+ and Epiphany 3.6+.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>some bits via GNOME Shell <a href="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-shell-list/2013-February/thread.html">mailing list</a>.</i></div>

How To Disable The GNOME Shell AppMenu While Retaining Its Functionality

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How To Enable The New KDE 4.10 Appmenu (Title Bar Button Or Top Screen Menubar)

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>With the latest 4.10 version, KDE can now use an appmenu instead of the classic menu, and two styles are available: a menu bar at the top of the screen that's hidden by default and revealed on mouse over or a menu button on the window decoration:</b></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KxfLsAihK69Xl6dPkzFBDSluAk3QOrvmDCtjNF3RNft2UORyVGJ9T58f2uRAh06GG8RYLt21IXA9lDYPx606hCL0Phek-hId_xN8uh7mISCeOEE12GoZzsom4HYYTm9Yt59XIum7UGQS/s1600/kde-sc-4.10-appmenu-button.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="KDE 4.10: Appmenu as a titlebar button"><img alt="KDE 4.10: Appmenu as a titlebar button" border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KxfLsAihK69Xl6dPkzFBDSluAk3QOrvmDCtjNF3RNft2UORyVGJ9T58f2uRAh06GG8RYLt21IXA9lDYPx606hCL0Phek-hId_xN8uh7mISCeOEE12GoZzsom4HYYTm9Yt59XIum7UGQS/s320/kde-sc-4.10-appmenu-button.png" title="KDE 4.10: Appmenu as a titlebar button" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Appmenu as a titlebar button</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGimz-8eoBBnx6I4BE35R1EelMMh5LYD04MU0F8BUXEPe7r-s6VHWNUMjJ0KaKRhMYKCd68eYZieO6cJXOhSfICkTXBYjVLZOm7kCwBokzDOyTKsxZENefuuOzvBdXmISMOHDNAuBhhhX3/s1600/kde-sc-4.10-appmenu-top-bar.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="KDE 4.10: Top screen menubar"><img alt="KDE 4.10: Top screen menubar" border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGimz-8eoBBnx6I4BE35R1EelMMh5LYD04MU0F8BUXEPe7r-s6VHWNUMjJ0KaKRhMYKCd68eYZieO6cJXOhSfICkTXBYjVLZOm7kCwBokzDOyTKsxZENefuuOzvBdXmISMOHDNAuBhhhX3/s320/kde-sc-4.10-appmenu-top-bar.png" title="KDE 4.10: Top screen menubar" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top screen menubar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The appmenu works with GTK applications too - here's Nautilus (GTK3) running in <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/upgrade-to-kde-sc-410-in-kubuntu-1210.html">KDE 4.10</a> with appmenu enabled:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicc-gZoLzXPhRZ3tiY0wXK9kT1MGrAhBkU-kWlDfZzoB22jeFIge1A391EEG2xbxhkJKgPZ_BRRdoVTcFtNC3y5WomXyQjLA09fZ52WaFyO0OiSENuLZBk0cpDacvFa8QkVIpXRlUc7Cd1/s1600/kde-nautilus-appmenu.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Nautilus (GTK3) app with KDE appmenu"><img alt="Nautilus (GTK3) app with KDE appmenu" border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicc-gZoLzXPhRZ3tiY0wXK9kT1MGrAhBkU-kWlDfZzoB22jeFIge1A391EEG2xbxhkJKgPZ_BRRdoVTcFtNC3y5WomXyQjLA09fZ52WaFyO0OiSENuLZBk0cpDacvFa8QkVIpXRlUc7Cd1/s320/kde-nautilus-appmenu.png" title="Nautilus (GTK3) app with KDE appmenu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Appmenu for KDE has been available for a while (in fact we wrote about an initial implementation <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/11/oxygen-appmenu-replace-menu-with.html">HERE</a>), but it wasn't integrated by default until the latest KDE SC 4.10.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The option to enable the new KDE 4.10 appmenu is a bit hard to discover, so here's how to do it.<br /><br />To use an appmenu in KDE 4.10, <b>firstly make sure appmenu-qt is installed</b>. In Kubuntu, install it using:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install appmenu-qt</code></pre><br />For GTK applications, you'll also need to install the following packages:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-gtk</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, to avoid getting double menus (both in the application window and as a titlebar button / top menubar) for GTK3 applications, you'll also have to edit the <i>~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini</i> file (or create it if it doesn't exist):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>kate ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">And under "[Settings]" (if the file didn't exist, add "[Settings]" without the quotes at the top of the file), add this:</div><pre class="source-code"><code>gtk-shell-shows-menubar = 1</code></pre>(thanks to <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/how-to-enable-new-kde-410-appmenu-title.html#comment-792311652">chenxiaolong</a> for the tip)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, <b>to enable the appmenu</b>, go to <i>System Settings > Application Appearance > Style</i> and on the "Fine Tuning" tab, at the bottom you should have: "Menubar style" and there you can select between: "in application", "title bar button" or "top screen menubar":</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekTo14GtVPetZ-vEAK0FJnW-0E8kLrCIplYqCbnBrzoIwd42yF7JbE8oKSOFsMEjja4lMo-QReDvXy1Cofz0EigDdaAK0SBebYm1v6G66yhWMFYs4OmNpW_UsoAB1D1u60gWSGrxT_t54/s1600/kde-sc-4.10-enable-appmenu.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="KDE 4.10: Systtem Settings - enabling appmenu"><img alt="KDE 4.10: Systtem Settings - enabling appmenu" border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjekTo14GtVPetZ-vEAK0FJnW-0E8kLrCIplYqCbnBrzoIwd42yF7JbE8oKSOFsMEjja4lMo-QReDvXy1Cofz0EigDdaAK0SBebYm1v6G66yhWMFYs4OmNpW_UsoAB1D1u60gWSGrxT_t54/s320/kde-sc-4.10-enable-appmenu.png" title="KDE 4.10: Systtem Settings - enabling appmenu" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><i>See also: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/upgrade-to-kde-sc-410-in-kubuntu-1210.html">How to upgrade to KDE 4.10 in Kubuntu 12.04 or 12.10</a></i>

How To Enable The New KDE 4.10 Appmenu (Title Bar Button Or Top Screen Menubar)

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Eclipse IDE: Get Ubuntu AppMenu And HUD Support

<div style="text-align: justify;">By default, the popular Eclipse IDE does not support the Ubuntu AppMenu or  <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/hud-ubuntus-new-smart-menus-announced.html">HUD</a>. The reason for this is that Eclipse has been <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdbusmenu/+bug/618587">blacklisted</a> so it wouldn't use the AppMenu around the time of Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat because it didn't work back then.<br /><br />Now Eclipse does work with the AppMenu, however, there are some minor glitches like some menu shortcuts not being displayed (although they do work). If this isn't a problem for you, <b>here's a quick way to whitelist Eclipse so it can make use of Ubuntu's Appmenu and HUD</b>.</div><br />Below you can see Eclipse IDE with global menu and HUD support running in Ubuntu 13.04:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLWPSmXaqlE2lNYaH5iH-AVggDDxKakrhr4yxuwai-J7adgG_UdglNralEke8LbP7mazXLQnzUa8SyaKpjwo3KvV9Eed39VehZae6gleLhIIekTrROOGUoOu4Wclwesbvr1VparIeQlN8/s1600/eclipse-ide-global-menu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLWPSmXaqlE2lNYaH5iH-AVggDDxKakrhr4yxuwai-J7adgG_UdglNralEke8LbP7mazXLQnzUa8SyaKpjwo3KvV9Eed39VehZae6gleLhIIekTrROOGUoOu4Wclwesbvr1VparIeQlN8/s320/eclipse-ide-global-menu.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbw7RfWB_I76GHu4Rtb5yJ440vUUgtsWSaZrHLG5EkMq5UhLUPCYCzNgqoVFrNEi0-SyaoeumcO2dOTNIRQZsbpInGfnXo1R9QWoyDUvizRtDqJtnBxQ87X1rOIflKdvCZGxR-witX1_K/s1600/eclipse-ide-hud-ubuntu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbw7RfWB_I76GHu4Rtb5yJ440vUUgtsWSaZrHLG5EkMq5UhLUPCYCzNgqoVFrNEi0-SyaoeumcO2dOTNIRQZsbpInGfnXo1R9QWoyDUvizRtDqJtnBxQ87X1rOIflKdvCZGxR-witX1_K/s320/eclipse-ide-hud-ubuntu.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><h2>HUD and AppMenu support for Eclipse IDE in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The ideal solution would be to rebuilt AppMenu from source with Eclipse whitelisted by default, but since that's considered complicated by most users, here's an easier solution.<br /><br /><b>The instructions below should work with any Ubuntu version. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1.</b> To get <b>Ubuntu AppMenu </b><b>(global menu) and HUD support for Eclipse IDE,</b> we'll have to whitelist it so we'll hve to modify the GTK2 libappmenu.so file. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">To find out the exact GTK2 libappmenu.so path (the path can vary depending on the Ubuntu version you're using and architecture), firstly run the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo updatedb</code></pre><br />Once it finishes (there's no output so just wait until it's done), let's find the GTK2 libappmenu.so path by using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>locate "gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so"</code></pre>The above command should return the exact GTK2 libappmenu.so path.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2.</b> Let's make a <b>backup</b> before proceeding, so using the path returned by the command above, run the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo cp <b>/path/to/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/</b>libappmenu.so <b>/path/to/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies</b>/libappmenu.so.bak</code></pre><br /><b>3. Now let's whielist Eclipse so it supports AppMenu and HUD:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo sed -i 's/Eclipse/Xclipse/g' <b>/path/to/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/</b>libappmenu.so</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For the last to commands above, remember to use the exact path to the GtK2 libappmenu.so you've found under step 1!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Alternatively, you can also use <a href="https://launchpad.net/~absinthesyringe/+archive/eclipse">a PPA</a> which comes with a package that basically  runs all these commands automatically but: the PPA may give you the wrong impression that if you remove the package, everything is reverted and in fact it's not; also, </i><i>you'll still have to reinstall the package if Appmenu Gtk2 is updated (so by the way, you'll have to follow these instructions again if that package is updated); and finally, </i><i>the PPA package doesn't work correctly for Ubuntu 12.04. That's why I've preferred the manual instructions over the PPA.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>That's it! Now restart Eclipse IDE and it should now support the Ubuntu appmenu (global menu) and HUD.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: if the AppMenu package is updated, you'll have to reinstall the "eclipse-enable.appmenu" package.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>If later on you want to disable appmenu / HUD support for Eclipse IDE</b> (undo the changes), simply follow the first step above to find out the GTK2 libappmenu.so path and restore the backup we've made under step 2 using this command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo cp <b>/path/to/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/</b>libappmenu.so.bak <b>/path/to/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/menuproxies/</b>libappmenu.so</code></pre><br />And then, restart Eclipse IDE.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>solution via Launchpad <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdbusmenu/+bug/618587">bug report</a> (thanks to Vasile Rotaru)</i></div>

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How To Get A Global Menu In MATE Desktop

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/mate-globalmenu-applet.png"><img alt="MATE Desktop GlobalMenu" src="http://img.netupd8.com/mate-globalmenu-applet_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>MATE GlobalMenu is an applet forked from the old GNOME2 GlobalMenu project, which adds a global menu to the MATE panel.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mate GlobalMenu is based off the upstream GNOME GlobalMenu v0.7.10 and it only supports GTK2 applications, so don't expect Firefox, LibreOffice or Qt applications to work with this, but it's nevertheless an useful addition to the MATE desktop, especially for small screens.</div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The applet comes with various options:<br /><ul><li>show the active application icon and/or application title</li><li>display the menu both on the panel and inside the application window;</li><li>a "tiny" mode;</li><li>enable/disable F10 key to access the menu;</li><li>more.</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to its <a href="https://github.com/jasmineaura/mate-globalmenu">GitHub page</a>, the applet is supposed to work with the latest stable MATE v1.4 and I can confirm that it works as I've tested it with Linux Mint 14 MATE (with MATE 1.4). According to some of our readers (see the comments), it does not work with Linux Mint 13 due to some missing dependencies.</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install MATE GlobalMenu in Ubuntu / Linux Mint MATE / LMDE</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">MATE GlobalMenu comes with a repository available for LMDE which works with Ubuntu 12.10 or Linux Mint 14 MATE (it doesn't work with Linux Mint 13, at least not with the default repositories). However, <b>the repository is unfortunately only available for 64bit</b>! <b>To add it and install MATE GlobalMenu, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>wget http://jas.gemnetworks.com/jasmineaura.gpg.key -O- | sudo apt-key add -<br />echo "deb http://jas.gemnetworks.com/debian debian main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mate-globalmenu.list<br />echo "deb-src http://jas.gemnetworks.com/debian debian main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mate-globalmenu.list<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install mate-globalmenu</code></pre><br /><b>Arch Linux</b> users can install MATE GlobalMenu via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mate-globalmenu/">AUR</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For Ubuntu 12.04 / Linux Mint 13 or other Linux distributions, you'll have to compile it from source. <b>See the MATE GlobalMenu <a href="https://github.com/jasmineaura/mate-globalmenu">GitHub page</a> for more info and source code.</b></div><br /><br /><b>Important:</b><br /><br />Once installed, reload the MATE panels:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>killall mate-panel</code></pre><br />Then add the MATE GlobalMenu applet to the panel and enable the applet using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>mateconftool-2 --set /apps/mate_settings_daemon/gtk-modules/globalmenu-mate-panel --type bool true</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And then log out and log back in to avoid some crashes that might occur (those errors only show up when enabling the applet, after the logout it should work as expected) and also to get the applet preferences to work, or else you'll get an empty preferences dialog.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>thanks to <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2012/12/mate-arriva-global-menu-per-avere-il.html">lffl.org</a> for the info!</i></div>

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Disable Global Menu Autohide Behaviour In Ubuntu 12.04

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PxxcixhdLwaUa7ZtDV994UzgtQZZH5Ybx8YxnR0EEs7zRzLNUN-gyDl_Y7BFQjpIUQdK3UWKbWC7YTPFaZA9gq1bUo9XoPazPbf3YSIV4Axm-RYPrYCAdFR3L7M9-Kjnz-0epXMvg91k/s1600/unity-menu-always-visible_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity global menu always visible" border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PxxcixhdLwaUa7ZtDV994UzgtQZZH5Ybx8YxnR0EEs7zRzLNUN-gyDl_Y7BFQjpIUQdK3UWKbWC7YTPFaZA9gq1bUo9XoPazPbf3YSIV4Axm-RYPrYCAdFR3L7M9-Kjnz-0epXMvg91k/s320/unity-menu-always-visible_2.png" title="unity global menu always visible" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Unity Revamped PPA created by <a href="https://launchpad.net/~ikarosdev">Isaac Joseph</a>, which provides Unity with two patches: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/how-to-get-dodge-windows-and-minimize.html">Dodge Windows and minimize/unmaximize on click for the Unity launcher</a>, has been <b>updated yesterday with some <a href="https://launchpadlibrarian.net/109094917/unity_5.12.0-0ubuntu3%2Bikarosdev3_source.changes">fixes</a> which aren't yet available for the Unity package from the official Ubuntu 12.04 repositories</b> as well as a <b>new patch that brings a much requested feature: an option to disable the application menu (global menu) autohide behaviour</b>.</div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The option that lets you disable menu autohide in Unity was supposed to be included by default in System Settings for Ubuntu 12.04, but it didn't make it for some reason. Hopefully, this option will make it into Ubuntu 12.10 by default, but until then, you can use the PPA below to get an option to disable the application menu autohide behaviour.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Unity with patches for dodge windows behaviour, minimize on click and option to disable menu autohide</h2><br /><b>To upgrade to the latest patched Unity from the Unity Revamped PPA in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ikarosdev/unity-revamped<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get upgrade</code></pre><br />Once the packages have been successfully upgraded, log out and log back in.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To get the menu to always be visible, you'll need to install CompizConfig Settings Manager:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager</code></pre><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbN_Z3slOOBTWy3o26JZz_B-lPodOHIl8hBGUvkcqPpVqMCe6ijaoqP1JfukY_SpV12j1XVLfNK_aedAZDmZBwzCvO03hb4k0Kz9PiBI4jR6ZO8Km_e1nEN0Ia1rnE0mzHyHDTLv_rfQ5/s1600/unity-menu-always-visible.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity global menu always visible ccsm" border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbN_Z3slOOBTWy3o26JZz_B-lPodOHIl8hBGUvkcqPpVqMCe6ijaoqP1JfukY_SpV12j1XVLfNK_aedAZDmZBwzCvO03hb4k0Kz9PiBI4jR6ZO8Km_e1nEN0Ia1rnE0mzHyHDTLv_rfQ5/s320/unity-menu-always-visible.png" title="unity global menu always visible ccsm" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then open CompizConfig Settings Manager (CCSM), select "Ubuntu Unity Plugin" and on the "Experimental" tab, check the box next to "<b>Menu Always Visible</b>" (it's not checked by default).</div><br /><br /><h2>Revert the changes</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If for some reason you want to completely remove the patched Unity and go back to Unity from the official Ubuntu 12.04 repositories without dodge windows, minimize on click and the option to disable appmenu autohide, use the commands below:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install ppa-purge<br />sudo ppa-purge ppa:ikarosdev/unity-revamped</code></pre>

Disable Global Menu Autohide Behaviour In Ubuntu 12.04

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