I found out what the problem was. Somehow the appmenu packages for gtk applications had been removed (I didn't do it manually). I reinstalled them and it seems to have fixed the problem.
** Changed in: indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1106487 Title: Some applications not using the global menu in 13.04 (using default settings, none of them have it disabled) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-appmenu/+bug/1106487/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs