Maybe the unity panel has to get the "main menu" from the "main window" of
the app.
For example, on GIMP it uses the menu of the GIMP window, not the
tools/whatever window.
So, If u change to the tools window, you'll get the same menu on the panel
as if you have selected the gimp window.
El 15/11/2011 18:15, "Izo" <email address hidden> escribió:

> GIMP's 2.7 branch, with single-mode, is definitely better, but it's
> still bad news for ANY app that uses a multi-window interface.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/795038
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> Title:
>  Using GIMP in Unity is troublesome & unintuitive
>
> Status in Unity:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  Binary package hint: unity
>
>  Using GIMP with Ubuntu's Unity is rather troublesome and here's why.
>
>  Let's say I'm on Workspace 1, which currently has Chrome on it. I load
>  GIMP onto Workspace 2. If I am on Workspace 1 and click on the GIMP
>  icon to switch me to the Workspace where GIMP is located, I am
>  switched to GIMP on Workspace 2 but the main window, containing the
>  image I'm working on, is NEVER focussed, it's nearly always one of the
>  toolboxes (90% of the time, it'll be the layers/brushes utility window
>  that gets focussed).
>
>  This is annoying because:
>
>  1) If I'm having to refer between my web browser and GIMP a lot, and
>  they're on separate workspaces, this means that every time I switch to
>  GIMP I then have to click on the main GIMP window before I can access
>  the global menu bar. Every time. It disrupts the workflow.
>
>  OTHER ANNOYING BEHAVIOURS THAT GIMP SOMETIMES EXHIBITS:
>  1) If I open up GIMP on a workspace, the GIMP launcher icon in Unity is
> on a constant of "requires attention" (by highlighting one of window
> indicators in the launcher) until I click on every GIMP window and utility
> window that's open.
>
>  2) Sometimes, GIMP opens with one of the utility windows slightly off
>  the side of the workspace. This means that, whenever I try to switch
>  to GIMP from another workspace (again, say I'm on Workspace 1 and I
>  want to switch to GIMP on Workspace 2), by clicking on the GIMP icon
>  in the launcher, nothing happens. This is because, although it's
>  hidden, Unity sees the GIMP utility window has being on the current
>  workspace (Workspace 1). Clicking on the icon again brings up the
>  Scale View with all of the available GIMP windows and utility windows
>  to choose from.
>
>  3) Sometimes, dragging a GIMP XCF file from a Unity Lens onto the GIMP
>  icon in the launcher, so that I can open GIMP straight into the file
>  to work on, causes the utility windows to be stacked on top of each
>  other, or in positions on the screen that I didn't leave them on.
>
>  4) In my experience of using Gnome-shell on Fedora 15, managing GIMP is
> much easier. Switching between apps on different workspaces in Gnome-shell,
> the main GIMP window is always focussed on, the utility windows never move
> from their position and are almost "pinned" to desktop. Managing GIMP in
> Gnome-shell is much easier.
>
>  DISCLAIMER: I totally understand that GIMP really, currently, has a
> horrible interface and I know that the long-awaited single window mode is
> currently in development. Whether this new interface will playing with how
> Unity works, I don't know.
>
>  Is it possible for each utility window that is opened by GIMP to pass
>  on GIMP's main menubar to Unity's global menubar? Is this something
>  that Unity can solve, or is it an inherent problem with how the GIMP's
>  interface works that just doesn't mix well with our Unity operates?
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
>  Package: unity 3.8.14-0ubuntu1~natty1
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.44-generic 2.6.38.7
>  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
>  Architecture: i386
>  CompizPlugins:
> [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,snap,place,session,grid,resize,mousepoll,vpswitch,move,imgpng,regex,gnomecompat,animation,workarounds,wall,unitymtgrabhandles,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell,scaleaddon]
>  Date: Thu Jun  9 14:21:51 2011
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110413)
>  ProcEnviron:
>   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
>   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  SourcePackage: unity
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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