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indicator-appmenu package

Unity global menu bar does not respect GTK theme

Bug #774251 reported by nsasherr
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Application Menu Indicator
Confirmed
Low
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indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
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Bug Description

The global menu bar in Unity in 11.04 does not respect the gtk theme for menus. This includes both style (colours, look), and spacing. Attached is a screenshot showing first GNOME global menu, then Unity global menu, then a normal in-window menu.

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nsasherr (nsasherr) wrote :
Marco Biscaro (marcobiscaro2112)
affects: unity → indicator-appmenu
Changed in indicator-appmenu:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Hans Wolters (hans-wolters-nlo) wrote :

Would like to state that this seems to affect more.

Not sure how I got to it but changing a theme gave me some very ugly application widget set too. I was able to change the window borders but everything else stays ugly.

Best regards,

Hans

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Hans Wolters (hans-wolters-nlo) wrote :

Some more info. Once you switch to a classic session you are able to change the theme.

Best regards,

Hans

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Hans Wolters (hans-wolters-nlo) wrote :

After taking a closer look I must conclude it was not a bug, at least not for me.

What I did to solve it was kind of obvious, once the fix was working. I removed all
broken themes and installed a few new ones. After this (logout or reboot was
needed) I was able to change to a new theme and everything looked nice again.

Best regards,

Hans

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we cannot work on this bug because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem.

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Thanks!

Changed in indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Changed in indicator-appmenu:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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nsasherr (nsasherr) wrote :

This bug seems to have been fixed for 11.10, so I cannot reproduce it anymore. From memory, I can provide the following:

1. Install Ubuntu 11.04, change the gtk theme to something else. I think Clearlooks showed the problem.

2. The unity global menu bar's GTKMenuItems should look the same as if they were in a GTKMenuBar in a window or in the gnome-globalmenu project's global menu applet.

3. The unity global menu bar's GTKMenuItems look different than they would if they were in a GTKMenuBar in a window or in the gnome-globalmenu project's global menu applet (see picture I originally attached).

Changed in indicator-appmenu:
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
Changed in indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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