On Fri, 3 Oct 2014, Vlad Orlov wrote:
The only issue is that gnome-calculator is missing the menu to change the mode (basic/advanced/financial/programming) when CSD is off. As I understand it, gnome-calculator itself needs to be patched to fix that. Ubuntu already has unity_classic_menubar.patch that brings back the usual mode select menu. Unfortunately, this patch is for gnome-calculator 3.10.x and doesn't apply cleanly to 3.14.x.
Ah, I failed to notice that .. indeed, that is unfortunate.
The same issue is seen in gthumb, devhelp and totem. Basically, this patch kills the main window's headerbar which has all the application-specific controls (menu buttons, etc.), leaving the user without any way to change application preferences, open files, etc. I'm attaching the screenshots with these three apps with CSD on and off. The only control that's not killed is totem's main menu - it changes to some kind of "fallback menu" (same as in gnome-calculator). IIRC this "fallback menu" is GTK+ feature, though I'm not sure. I'm afraid that these apps need to be patched to provide the classic menu, just like it has been done for gnome-calculator in Ubuntu... Ideally, I'd like to find a way to make a "smart" patch for GTK+, the patch that will intercept the creation of the headerbar items (buttons) and create the classic menu and its items instead. Then there won't be a need to patch every single application.
Agreed. But probably unlikely to happen, and the trend seems to be further "Gnomeification" of many Gtk+ apps .. I fear the day when Gimp goes Gtk+3.
I understand that it might be very well impossible though.
I concur on this, since headerbars basically allow any kind of widgets inside them (if I recall correctly), it would be difficult, possibly impossible to sanely convert them to menus or such. :/
I am somewhat at loss for how to proceed, unless Gtk+ devs themselves come up with a standard solution.
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