Comment 297 for bug 682788

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Aleve Sicofante (sicofante) wrote : Re: [Bug 682788] Re: Improve Unity Global Menu

Nice, but the menus keep vanishing. This doesn't really solve one of the
most controversial issues. There must be a way to have the menus
permanently visible. Many (myself included) would rather have the window
title vanishing, making it visible when hovering over windows buttons or
the empty area to the right of the menu, for instance.

Otherwise, very nice indeed.

2014-02-20 23:33 GMT+01:00 TomasHnyk <email address hidden>:

> Is not it this: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/02/locally-integrated-
> menus-ubuntu-14-04?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=locally-
> integrated-menus-ubuntu-14-04&utm_reader=feedly
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> Title:
> Improve Unity Global Menu
>
> Status in Ayatana Design:
> Fix Committed
> Status in Compiz:
> Invalid
> Status in Unity:
> Fix Committed
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in “unity-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
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> Global menu in general (not only in Unity) is very unergonomic on large
> screens (see the attached screenshot) because if you have a small window
> somewhere near the low right corner you have to move the cursor all the way
> up to to panel to reach the menu. I understand why the global menu was used
> for the netbook edition (it saves space and most windows are maximized),
> but since Unity is intended to be for the desktop edition there should be
> an option to switch to the traditional position of the app menu. It would
> be welcomed by many desktop users. Please try to find a solution for it
> that works.
>
> A commonly suggested solution is:
> [ ] Global Menu on
> [ ] Global Menu off
> [ ] Global Menu only for maximized windows
> The default is usually suggested as either the first (on) or last (on
> only for maximized windows).
>
> -------------------------------------
> Desired change:
>
> Implement the 'Enhanced Menu' project for 12.10. This project will
> address the issue described in this bug and also issues described in
> the duplicates of this bus. Note this is the 'official' bug that
> tracks the implementation of this project.
>
> The following options will be added to 'System Settings/Appearance':
>
> -------
> Menus
> Location: Global/Local
> Visibility: Hidden/Always displayed
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