Gnome 3 show title bar on top bar like Ubuntu 11.04

Edward.H · 2011-04-03 08:40:25

Gnome 3 show title bar on top bar like Ubuntu 11.04,how to do that? I know there is a software names gnome2 global menu ,but it only works for Gnome2.

Last edited by jasonwryan (2011-07-31 23:49:21)

jelly · 2011-04-03 12:17:34

ubuntu uses unity and unity != gnome3

Cosmin · 2011-04-03 12:26:47

gnome2 global menu do not work with gnome-shell.
I like gnome-shell but I like more how unity uses the space.
Would be nice to have gnome-shell with title and global menu in the upper panel.

Edward.H · 2011-04-03 12:58:51

Cosmin wrote:

gnome2 global menu do not work with gnome-shell.
I like gnome-shell but I like more how unity uses the space.
Would be nice to have gnome-shell with title and global menu in the upper panel.

Agree!, Ubuntu 11.04 like title bar is more beautiful and it also can reduce the desktop space usage,very good for small laptop.

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thanhbv · 2011-04-26 05:45:25

Cosmin wrote:

gnome2 global menu do not work with gnome-shell.
I like gnome-shell but I like more how unity uses the space.
Would be nice to have gnome-shell with title and global menu in the upper panel.

+1

thorstenhirsch · 2011-04-30 14:10:39

Once again: +1

wonder · 2011-04-30 14:16:34

you can't have both in the same time. gnome 3/gnome-shell or ubuntu/unity. now matters which one you like more

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sudokill · 2011-04-30 15:52:17

Gnome 3 is so lush I don't even care about the useablility. The activities panel is growing on me, just keep using the windows key

sbfreak · 2011-04-30 16:14:48

Maybe there's a way to add the global menu in fallback mode ? But I don't think that will work with gtk3 apps.

kraxor · 2011-05-04 09:39:12

+1

Would it be possible to install Unity on Arch or is it some Ubuntu magic nobody else can use? I mean I really like Gnome3 but that titlebar-menu-panel merge thing is something that really got me - I'm actually considering to move back to Ubuntu if there is no way around this!

Any solution would be greatly appreciated.

tasos · 2011-05-04 09:45:35

kraxor wrote:

+1
Would it be possible to install Unity on Arch or is it some Ubuntu magic nobody else can use? I mean I really like Gnome3 but that titlebar-menu-panel merge thing is something that really got me - I'm actually considering to move back to Ubuntu if there is no way around this!
Any solution would be greatly appreciated.

There are 2 pkgbuilds in AUR but they need work. One is orphaned and the other one is out of date.

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42311
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=45668

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Edward.H · 2011-07-22 08:10:38

Hi Folks

I just know that new version gnome 2 global menu has gnome 3 support now . see more http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/

but it hasn't been added to yaourt yet

Wey · 2011-07-22 13:21:34

I build it using the PKGBUILD from the AUR, modified against 0.9.alpha1. Either i did something wrong, or the globalmenu isn't actually functional in gnome-shell yet.

In case someone can spot potential mistakes or wants to do further work:

Modified PKGBUILD
Modified gnome-globalmenu.install
diff

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Edit: Yay!

It needs the environment variable GTK_MODULES to include globalmenu-gtk. E. g. in your xinitrc or bashrc (assuming you don't depend on any other module):

export GTK_MODULES=globalmenu-gtk

Also, gnome-globalmenu-manager needs to be running. The package provides an dbus service file for that, but it does not get launched automatically yet, so it needs to be invoked manually.

And it only works with a limited amount of gtk applications. Though its only an alpha release and seems to be a complete rewrite in vala/js.

p. s. : it's horrible to use with sloppy focus.

p. p. s. : I forgot to mention i had to symlink the modules:

ln -s /usr/lib/gtk+-3.0/modules/libglobalmenu-gtk.so /usr/lib/gtk-3.0/modules/libglobalmenu-gtk.so
ln -s /usr/lib/gtk+-2.0/modules/libglobalmenu-gtk.so /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libglobalmenu-gtk.so
ln -s /usr/lib/gtk+-2.0/modules/libglobalmenu-gtk2.so /usr/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libglobalmenu-gtk2.so

For full gtk2 support:

export GTK_MODULES=globalmenu-gtk:globalmenu-gtk2

And a bonus screenshot:

Last edited by Wey (2011-07-22 20:37:44)

Edward.H · 2011-07-23 10:44:29

"E. g. in your xinitrc or bashrc (assuming you don't depend on any other module):
export GTK_MODULES=globalmenu-gtk
Also, gnome-globalmenu-manager needs to be running. The package provides an dbus service file for that, but it does not get launched automatically yet, so it needs to be invoked manually."
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could you please explain more details?

I installed it but can't get it work.thanks

Wey · 2011-07-23 10:56:14

As a simple test case:

gnome-globalmenu-manager & 
GTK_MODULES=globalmenu-gtk gedit

Wey · 2011-07-23 14:53:17

I rewrote the PKGBUILD into a more cleaner state.

PKGBUILD
gnome-globalmenu.install

The gtk modules get now installed to the right folder, so no symlinks are needed. I think there is a bug in the dbus service file, where it states Name=com.globalmenu.manager, which should be Name=org.globalmenu.manager. As a temporarily fix, the PKGBUILD uses sed to correct it, so the dbus service should launch on demand as intended now. So the only thing that needs to be done is to set up GTK_MODULES in a persistent manner:

export GTK_MODULES=globalmenu-gtk:globalmenu-gtk2:$GTK_MODULES

Cosmin · 2011-07-23 19:06:10

please upload the PKGBUILD to AUR ...

thanks

Wey · 2011-07-24 12:10:38

I wrote another PKGBUILD against the gnome-3 branch and adopted gnome-globalmenu-git in the AUR. The PKGBUILD invokes module.c and its headers from the 0.9 tarball, which isn't really clean, but i couldn't get it build otherwise. Let me know if you can get it build directly from git. On the plus side, the git version ships a /etc/profile.d/globalmenu.sh, that sets GTK_MODULES automatically, so it should be straight-forward to install.

Cosmin · 2011-07-24 12:41:24

Thank you Wey

gnome-globalmenu-git is working for me.

Carlinhos · 2011-07-25 18:02:08

Does it work in fallback mode?

Wey · 2011-07-25 19:03:18

Not like you want it to. The gtk module that removes the menu bar and the dbus service would work regardless of the environment, but the actual global menu client does only exist as a gnome-shell extension.

Edward.H · 2011-07-26 12:35:59

I installed the new version via yaourt ,it works fine

vitok · 2011-07-31 23:38:22

Wey thx for you work, nice start, but for now it's buggy with 3 level menu (for example in gimp or inkscape) , can you make "globalmenu" and "localmenu" like here? http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/gnome-3- … ckups.html It's will be great!

Wey · 2011-08-01 00:31:59

vitok, I'm not the author of gnome-globalmenu, i just wrote a PKGBUILD to makepkg it in arch. If you have any non-packaging-related problems with it, be encouraged to file an issue upstream. Also, the mockups you posted would require much more modifications, and should be done on a per application basis. Though, i think it's very likely such modifications will be done to the core gnome applications in future design iterations, thus i think of the globalmenu as a more of transitional project.

graysky · 2011-08-01 06:40:31

wonder wrote:

you can't have both in the same time. gnome 3/gnome-shell or ubuntu/unity. now matters which one you like more

Hmm... what version of Gnome is running on Ubuntu with Unity? I thought it was Gnome 3, just without gnome-shell?

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#1 2011-04-03 08:40:25

Gnome 3 show title bar on top bar like Ubuntu 11.04

#2 2011-04-03 12:17:34

Re: Gnome 3 show title bar on top bar like Ubuntu 11.04

#3 2011-04-03 12:26:47

Re: Gnome 3 show title bar on top bar like Ubuntu 11.04

#4 2011-04-03 12:58:51

Re: Gnome 3 show title bar on top bar like Ubuntu 11.04

#5 2011-04-26 05:45:25

Re: Gnome 3 show title bar on top bar like Ubuntu 11.04

#6 2011-04-30 14:10:39

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#7 2011-04-30 14:16:34

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#8 2011-04-30 15:52:17

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#9 2011-04-30 16:14:48

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#10 2011-05-04 09:39:12

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