Comment 18 for bug 527267

I am experiencing this with 10.04 beta 1 (the new themes are not as bad, but still problematic; I'm using the crux controls in my theme). This is causing menu length problems on my netbook. Could someone direct me to method for fixing this? (preferably a GUI for configuring the applet, but I'll take what I can get.)

On a side note, if anyone knows how to selectively hide or configure the icons showing in applet, that would be a great help too. I used to remove the applet from my panel because I use different IM and email clients, but now that power, volume and bluetooth are there, I'm stuck with it.