Re: Detachable Menus

[Vlad Harchev <hvv hippo ru>]

On 12 Jun 2002, Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller wrote:

 Hi, 

> There is a project called Configurator for GNOME in the software
> map(http://www.daimi.au.dk/~maxx/maxximum-linux.html). It aims at
> creating a GUI for setting such advanced settings. I suggest that people
> who want a GUI for feature X or Y send a patch to the author of this
> app. 

 That's fine, but why original checkbox (AFAIR) that allowed to control
detachability of menus was removed from gnome control center code?

 Best regards,
  -Vlad
 
> Christian
> 
> On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 09:16, Vlad Harchev wrote:
> > On 11 Jun 2002, Steve Fox wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 2002-06-11 at 20:35, Evandro Fernandes Giovanini wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2002-06-11 at 22:28, Michael Thomas Vanderford wrote:
> > > > > Are detachable menus going to be part of Gnome2?
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, you can change the GConf key
> > > > /desktop/gnome/interface/menubar_detachable with gconf-editor.
> > > 
> > > Anyone know why the Menu panel and the foot menu don't support this even
> > > though some apps (like gedit) do?
> > 
> >  As for why detachable menus are not supported: HCI guys from Sun told that
> > it's too confusing for novice user..
> > 
> >  As for me - I don't understand why there is no GUI settings to control menu
> > detaching (there was one in gnome-1.x) - why one has to resort to gconf-editor
> > to change this setting..
> > 
> >  So the one of the unique Gnome features is lost..