Comment 19 for bug 1806292

"Sticking it into a scrolled window would just leave the excess elements unusable."

As it has done and still does in Windows. There are simply times when it is desirable to have the window smaller as when working with two documents side by side. Having access to the window items is no problem as one simply widens the window temporarily. In addition, one also has keyboard shortcuts that can be used. I would also argue that having a narrow window is likely something one will use for specific tasks/in specific circumstances and not as the default. So in most situations one would still work with a window giving access to all the items.

Two factors gave rise to discovering this behavior. First, an extension that added itself to the menu bar. Perhaps this can/should be changed. I will raise that issue with the extension author, but am not sure it need be viewed as especially problematic. Second, the size of the menu being driven by the language of the UI, given that the space needed is determined by the length of the words/symbols used for the item (in this case, Spanish words taking up more space). This is likely not something that can be changed, so having the flexibility of simply covering some items from time to time will be more important in some cases than others.