Plasma-menu-bar fail with gtk2 appmenu apps

[Cédric Bellegarde]

Since recent updates in GTK2 appmenu (patch/appmenu-gtk2/libdbusmenu, don't know), plasma-menu-bar fail to get app menu at launch.

Exemple:
- I launch gedit
- plasma-menu-bar just show File->close
- i focus another window and then focus gedit again
- plasma-menu-bar show me gedit menu.

It's the same with all gtk apps.

[avlas (avlas)]

I think this is solved with the new version of appmenu-gtk 0.2.1-0ubuntu3. The problem with libreoffice (https://bugs.launchpad.net/plasma-widget-menubar/+bug/755504) is still there though.

[avlas (avlas)]

I have to correct myself. it seems that it's a bit stochastic, sometimes gtk apps work properly, sometimes they don't :-/

[Cédric Bellegarde (gnumdk)]

You're right, it's working better, maybe this bug is in appmenu-gtk ... :-(

[7penselen (zienszo)]

I checked which appmenu-gtk I have and it seems 0.2.1-0ubuntu3 and I still have the problems.

user@computer:~$ sudo aptitude show appmenu-gtk
Package: appmenu-gtk
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 0.2.1-0ubuntu3
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Maintainer: Ubuntu Desktop Team <email address hidden>
Uncompressed Size: 98.3 k
Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libdbusmenu-glib3 (>=
         0.4.2), libdbusmenu-gtk3 (>= 0.4.2), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.8.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1),
         libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.26.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.21.2-0ubuntu6),
         libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0)
Conflicts: indicator-appmenu (< 0.0.9)
Description: Export GTK menus over DBus

This package provides support for application menus.
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/appmenu-gtk

[Cédric Bellegarde (gnumdk)]

Same here, probleme always present...

http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Oxygen-appmenu?content=141254

I've got same issue with oxygen-appemenu, it seems that when gtk window appear, menuForWinId(windowId()) return a NULL menu...

Not sure bug is in appmenu-qt or appmenu-gtk...

Maybe appmenu-gtk should be ready sooner, Aurelien, can you check with gtk devs ?

[Cédric Bellegarde (gnumdk)]

Here a patch fixing the issue.

Based on my commit for oxygen-appmenu kwin style:
http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=scratch%2Fcedric%2Foxygen-appmenu.git&a=commit&h=a872abf165d95b336ca8343619c44ef62ca66386

Here what is happening, Gtk apps (but i see this with Kopete for exemple) register to Window manager and then to dbus so menu by default is empty (you can make it appear by switching windows).

To fix issue, when a window is registered, we look if it's id is active window and then update menu.

[Aurélien Gâteau (agateau)]

Thanks for the patch Cédric.
I am super busy right with work now and next week (uds) but will review it when I am back.

[avlas (avlas)]

This is a fix that would be very appreciated to have :)

[shane (shane-animail)]

Any further news on when we might see this fixed?
I haven't tried patching myself but I am now using oxygen-appmenu which works perfectly with GTK apps so I assume that patch is the answer.