Re: [Gimp-user] Tear off menu bug + work-around

[Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net>]

Working fine for me (2.6.8 on Kubuntu 10.04)

On 02/04/2013 12:13 AM, Steve Kinney wrote:
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> Hey y'all,
>
> The GIMP's tear-off menus do not seem to work on Linux platforms.
>   They "tear off" just fine but do nothing when used.  This has
> been constant for me across GIMP 2.6 and 2.8 on Gnome 2 and Gnome
> 3 (Cinnamon fork).  Looking for solutions, I discovered at least
> one report of the same problem in KDE.  This was reported as a bug
> some time back but it expired unfixed.
>
> I could not find a "real fix" for this, I did see a practical work
> around:  Hit the space bar after clicking on the desired command,
> and viola, the command is executed.
>
> I thought this was a problem inherent in the desktop window
> manager, until I was formatting some text in the Bluefish editor
> and noticed a dotted line at the top of a menu I was digging down
> to over and over.  It turned out to be a tear-off menu that "just
> works."  This suggests to me that the GIMP could also have
> tear-off menus that "just work."
>
> Does anyone else see this problem on their systems?
>
> :o/
>
> Steve
>
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