Re: GNOME Goal Proposal: Port to GMenu

[Florian Müllner <fmuellner gnome org>]

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Allan Day <allanpday gmail com> wrote:

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 7:15 AM, Andrew Cowie
> Is there a reference application doing this right?

There are two paths available to applications - (1) replace the menu
bar entirely, or (2) move some items to the app menu. For (1), the
calculator [1] is a good example. For (2), I'd recommend checking out
Nautilus [2].

For [2] there are actually two paths as well:
  a) keep the existing menus, but add an additional application menu; the tricky part is to make sure
      that the app menu is not shown in non-gnome environments (as windows would end up with *two*
      menubars), and hide items already in the app menu from regular menus when running in gnome

 b) port *all* menus to GMenu, and use gtk_application_set_menubar() to set the "in-window" menubar;
     in environments that do not support the app menu, GTK+ will display it as first item in the menubar
     *automagically*

So for a transitional period, option [2]a is OK, but long term application should really go with [1] or [2]b.


Regards,
Florian