For people reporting gedit with no menus when run as root there is already bug report open about this issue:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1527590
For people reporting gedit with no menus when run as root there is already bug report open about this issue:
https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ gedit/+ bug/1527590