in the 2d version of unity hovering over a window with no menus (like
chromium) does not show the stubs and that feel right.

On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 6:48 PM, Vish <email address hidden> wrote:

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> ** Attachment added: "misleading menu.png"
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/703555/+attachment/1795733/+files/misleading%20menu.png
>
> ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
>   Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/703555
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> Title:
>  Do not switch to fallback menu on mouse-over
>
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: unity
>
>  Previously in Unity, we had a fallback menu(File> Close) when a window had
> no menu bar.
>  This made sense since we dint want to leave the top panel empty or blank
> when there is no menu.
>
>  However, for maximixed windows we have now merged the menubar and
>  titlebar, and for normal window we now display the window title. So we
>  do have something being displayed in the top panel always.
>
>  Why do we need to switch to a fallback menu?
>  For example, synaptic displaying a fallback seems odd. We know the
> fallback menu on top is not the main menubar.
>  Or apport window which has no menu. We already know a menubar does not
> exist.
>
>  Why do we actively display this false menu?
>
>  If it is to keep a consistent regular behavior, (being consistent to
> change to something when user is hovering over the panel), why not just show
> something which is not a false menu. [something like "---" ]
>  Or just brighten/dim the titlebar on mouse-over, just indicating no menu
> is there to display.
>
>  It seems very odd that we are actively trying to display a false menu,
>  when instead we should be looking at ways to show that a menu does not
>  exist for the particular window.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: unity 3.2.8-0ubuntu1
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-11.25-generic 2.6.37-rc7
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.37-11-generic i686
>  Architecture: i386
>  CompizPlugins: No value set for
> `/apps/compiz-1/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins'
>  Date: Sun Jan 16 18:46:36 2011
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101224)
>  InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101224)
>  Lsusb:
>   Bus 002 Device 002: ID 80ee:0021
>   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
>   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>  MachineType: innotek GmbH VirtualBox
>  PciDisplay: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: InnoTek
> Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter [80ee:beef] (prog-if 00 [VGA
> controller])
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-11-generic
> root=UUID=d10db803-076f-48bb-822a-a7ff661fe8ec ro vt.handoff=7 quiet splash
>  ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.37-11.25-generic 2.6.37-rc7
>  RelatedPackageVersions:
>   xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu6
>   libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9+repack-1ubuntu3
>   libdrm2 2.4.22-2ubuntu1
>   xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.901-2ubuntu2
>   xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu2
>  SourcePackage: unity
>  XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
>  dmi.bios.date: 12/01/2006
>  dmi.bios.vendor: innotek GmbH
>  dmi.bios.version: VirtualBox
>  dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvninnotekGmbH:bvrVirtualBox:bd12/01/2006:svninnotekGmbH:pnVirtualBox:pvr1.2:
>  dmi.product.name: VirtualBox
>  dmi.product.version: 1.2
>  dmi.sys.vendor: innotek GmbH
>  glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>  system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.37-11-generic
>
>
>