** Changed in: compiz
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: compiz
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz)

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Title:
  Improve Unity menus

Status in Ayatana Design:
  Fix Committed
Status in Compiz:
  Triaged
Status in Compiz Core:
  Triaged
Status in Unity:
  In Progress
Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “metacity” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  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.

  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
  -------

  More details to follow during the 12.10 cycle... ;-)

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