Menu structure is complicated, could use an AppMenu instead

Bug #1265394 reported by Adolfo Jayme Barrientos
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
TypeCatcher
Fix Released
Wishlist
Andrew Starr-Bochicchio

Bug Description

Currently, TypeCatcher lacks enough commands to justify its use of standard menus "File" and "Help".

I suggest to drop these menus completely and use a GNOME AppMenu instead, with the following structure:

   Save current font as…
   ---
   Help
   About
   Quit

This way, you can save some vertical space when the app is not running under Unity.

(Yes, I didn't include "Report a Bug" and "Translate This Application" in this suggestion. As this app's homepage is this Launchpad project, I think that one link pointing to <launchpad.net/typecatcher> in the About window would suffice.)

What do you think?

Changed in typecatcher:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Revision history for this message
Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething) wrote :

Alright! I really don't like how the AppMenu looks except for under GNOME Shell, but I figured out how to use the AppMenu when under GNOME Shell and use the regular menu bar under other desktops. So this will make the next release.

Changed in typecatcher:
status: Triaged → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)
milestone: none → 0.2
Changed in typecatcher:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in typecatcher:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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