I have filed a feature request for dia to have menu bar in display window see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52364 I have just finalized a patch that implements this. Since it modifies several files, I'd like to have feedback for it to fix any problem that may be raised before asking for inclusion into the main source tree. (patch is against current CVS) So please grab the patch attached to the bug and test either the GTK or GNOME build of Dia. Things to know: -it does not create a GNOME-style menubar. This will be worked on late -it moves the object menu to the right button since since the menu bar REPLACE the popup menu. This is more consistent with GNOME in general. -menu bar is activated only by a preference. This change is persistant. -internally, this modification have been done on 0.86 tarball before moving them to CVS-HEAD. I have tested it but I can't guarantee it is consitent with the change that have been done beetween 0.86 and CVS-HEAD. -I have not checked Bonobo build, but a quick grep shows that the build may break. Hub