Mac-style Menu Bar for GTK and Java/Swing applications!

Simastrick · 2006-08-23 14:50:05

In fact I would say positioning at Y=-1 would cause perfection, in the context of the usability concerns discussed previously.

aquila_deus · 2006-08-23 15:43:50

Sigi wrote:

Can't one make a theme that respects this behaviour? Just a thought, I really appreciate the work you did!

You can. Edit /usr/share/themes/YOUR_THEME/gtk-2.0/gtkrc, find

style "menubar" {
......
ythickness = X
......
}

(where X = 1, 2, 3, ...)

Just change ythickness to 0

Kris · 2006-08-24 13:09:27

aquila_deus wrote:

Kris wrote:
Nice work!
Can i find something like this to Xfce?
Damn, it's so freakin' nice!
Hi! Every gtk applications (including xfce's) are changed to use mac-style menubar with my patch. It's not part of the desktop (unlike real mac).

Nice, but does it work with the Xfce-panel? or is it a Gnome-panel patch?

aquila_deus · 2006-08-24 16:52:41

Kris wrote:

Nice, but does it work with the Xfce-panel? or is it a Gnome-panel patch?

No, it has nothing to do with panel. The menubar is put by gtk applications themselves.

Kris · 2006-08-24 17:00:14

aquila_deus @
Cool - i'll try it now

aquila_deus · 2006-08-26 17:43:43

1.Add a gradient title label at the right side:

Configure it by:

export GTK_MENUBAR_TITLE_WIDTH=200
export GTK_MENUBAR_TITLE_FONT="Times New Roman"

(default width is 0 and font is "Times")

2.Add support for docking, need compositor, turn on by this environment variable:

export GTK_MENUBAR_KEEP_DOCKING=1

(default 0)

3.Add an option to disable mac-style menubar:

export GTK_MENUBAR_NO_MAC=1

(default 0)

Dusty · 2006-08-26 21:21:42

Have you talked to the GTK guys about including this into GTK proper?

Dusty

aquila_deus · 2006-08-27 03:47:41

Dusty wrote:

Have you talked to the GTK guys about including this into GTK proper?
Dusty

No, because
· The current method ("re-parent" the menubar) is not an universal solution for all gtk+ applications, but there is no suitable higher-level place to implement this like KDE's kdeui.
· A few apps do screw up or display badly: acrobat reader 7, bluefish, and xara xtreme

Dusty · 2006-08-27 04:04:45

Hey, its open source. If you post it to the gtk mailing list, someone might have a solution for those problems. You've done something pretty cool here, sure its just a start and to make it work properly may require hacking the whole friggin toolkit, but that's what "many eyes" are for.

Dusty

aquila_deus · 2006-08-27 09:07:20

ok it's created => http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353076

isez2001 · 2006-09-01 05:55:20

I pulled the package from Aquila's repo, and Pacman automatically removed gtk2 in order to install the new package(gtk2-aqd).

Now, as much as I would like to use mac-style menus, practicality forces me to restore regular gtk2, But... I can't.

Despite all my various attempts, Pacman has firmly refused to remove gtk2-aqd on the basis that there are a number of packages depending on it. I can't do either pacman -R gtk2-aqd or pacman -S gtk2, and a quick scan of the pacman manpage didn't give any help.

What must I do to force/allow removal of this package?

(and... on a side note... does anybody know why I can't get gaim to sync out of the AqD repo?)

EDIT: pacman -Rd gtk2-aqd did the trick. I'll still take comments on gaim... but it's off-topic, so feel free to ignore it anyway.

aquila_deus · 2006-09-05 04:03:07

isez2001 wrote:

I pulled the package from Aquila's repo, and Pacman automatically removed gtk2 in order to install the new package(gtk2-aqd).
Now, as much as I would like to use mac-style menus, practicality forces me to restore regular gtk2, But... I can't.
Despite all my various attempts, Pacman has firmly refused to remove gtk2-aqd on the basis that there are a number of packages depending on it. I can't do either pacman -R gtk2-aqd or pacman -S gtk2, and a quick scan of the pacman manpage didn't give any help.
What must I do to force/allow removal of this package?

(and... on a side note... does anybody know why I can't get gaim to sync out of the AqD repo?)

EDIT: pacman -Rd gtk2-aqd did the trick. I'll still take comments on gaim... but it's off-topic, so feel free to ignore it anyway.

pacman bug

aquila_deus · 2006-09-14 14:22:32

The title label is updated!

The label is off by default. You have to turn on it by:

export GTK_MENUBAR_TITLE_WIDTH="200"

200 is the width of title label, 0 to disable. The colors are taken from your current gtk/gnome theme.

And the java menubar patch is updated, too. Now it's set to dock type and handle transparency correctly. Environment varables: · JAVA_MENUBAR_ACTIVE_OPACITY - opacity of menubar when mouse hovers it. (float number, from 0.0 to 1.0) · JAVA_MENUBAR_INACTIVE_OPACITY - opacity of menubar when it's not hovered by mouse.
BTW, anyone who know how to use ARGB in gtk widgets (not plain GtkWindow + expose) please help me... I'm stuck with it....

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#26 2006-08-23 14:50:05

Re: Mac-style Menu Bar for GTK and Java/Swing applications!

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#32 2006-08-26 21:21:42

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#35 2006-08-27 09:07:20

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#36 2006-09-01 05:55:20

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#37 2006-09-05 04:03:07

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