Re: integrate app menu bar with the gnome-shell bar

[Chris Druif <chrisdruif ubuntu com>]

Okay, I was referring to something like this actually: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/11/install-gnome-shell-global-menu-in.html

So I don't know exactly at this moment what the AppMenu should be able to do. I'll have a look in the morning (past 1 AM right now).

With metta, Chris

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Florian Müllner <fmuellner gnome org> wrote:

On jue, 2012-05-17 at 19:00 +0200, Chris Druif wrote:
> I once heard about AppMenu, which integrated the menu in the window name button (which now only shows "Quit" as the only entry).

The app menu is not the same as the menubar, it is meant to contain actions that are "global" to the application as a whole. However, for simple applications it can replace the "in-window" menubar entirely.

> I too hope this will be available someday (either by default or as an extension)

It is actually implemented since 3.4 :)
(But note that applications need to support it explicitly, so for now only few applications make use of the menu - there is an approved GNOME goal to change this for 3.6)


Regards,
Florian