Some menus are not shown in Global menu, they are under indicators.

[Aminda Suomalainen]

Binary package hint: unity

When using Ubuntu on netbook, some menus are hidden under indicators. In example:
In Mozilla Firefox I can see only 4 and half menus:
"Tiedosto" "Muokkaa" "Näytä" "Sivuhistoria" "Kirjanm..."
("File", "Edit", "View", "History", "Bookm...")
I'm using Ubuntu in Finnish so some names can be very long.

Description: Ubuntu Natty (development branch)
Release: 11.04
Unity version: 3.8.8-0ubuntu2
I expected every menu to appear.
What happened instead: Only some menus were visible.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.8-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
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CompositorRunning: compiz
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
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DRM.card0.VGA.1:
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 dpms: Off
 modes:
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Date: Mon Apr 25 16:22:01 2011
DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-04-20 19:16:42.160738
DistroCodename: natty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 2.6.38-8-generic, i686: installed
 bcmwl, 5.100.82.38+bdcom, 2.6.35-28-generic, i686: installed
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27ae] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:361a]
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:361a]
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - i386 (20101010)
InstallationMedia_: Lubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - i386 (20101010)
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MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Compaq Mini
ProcEnviron:
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 LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
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ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
ProcVersionSignature__: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Renderer: Unknown
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-20 (4 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/25/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
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dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
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dmi.product.name: Compaq Mini
dmi.product.version: F.10
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
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version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
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version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

[Stefan Löffler (st.loeffler)]

I can confirm this. It's particularly annoying when using many indicators, or when using `xrandr --rotate` to switch the display to portrait mode (in which case, on netbooks you can make out only the first letters of the window title, or maybe one menu item or so). This makes the menu essentially unusable with the mouse (which can be the only mean of input, e.g., on tablets and convertibles). The menus are still accessible, though, by using the keyboard.

I'd suggest implementing either a scrolling menu bar (with the new scroll bars, this should not take up too much space), or preferably a "there's more" button (e.g., with an arrow), similar to the approach of LibreOffice toolbars, which opens a popup menu with the remaining, originally invisible menus.