Adding indicator-applet appmenu does not export/move all menu items to panel (Utopic)

Which application(s) did you test it with? Please make sure that you have these packages installed:

unity-gtk3-module (for Gtk+ 3 apps)
unity-gtk2-module (for Gtk+ 2 apps)
appmenu-qt (for Qt 4 apps)

@Dmitry

I tested with mainly gtk3 apps (gnome-terminal, nautilus, eog..etc). For gnome-terminal the panel only have File->Close (Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/cIcoSMW.png). For nautilus, it does NOT move any menu item to panel at all.

However for Firefox it is working alright.

And yes, I have unity-gtk2/3-module packages installed (updated in the bug description).

Can you please also check that you have indicator-appmenu installed? (It is not the same as indicator-applet-appmenu).

Also, please paste output of this command somewhere:

gdbus introspect -e -d com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar -o /com/canonical/AppMenu/Registrar

Of-course indicator-appmenu is installed. Everything works fine in Unity. I have updated bug description.

I have also noticed that those gtk apps which are not directly patched by Ubuntu (to restore traditional horizontal menus) & uses a single all-in-one vertical menu, are working fine. For example, Geary or Claifornia. For those apps indicator-applet-appmenu shows a single vertical menu in the panel. screenshot: http://imgur.com/gMSAwCe

And here is the output of "gdbus introspect -e -d com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar -o /com/canonical/AppMenu/Registrar"

node /com/canonical/AppMenu/Registrar {
  interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties {
    methods:
      Get(in s interface_name,
          in s property_name,
          out v value);
      GetAll(in s interface_name,
             out a{sv} properties);
      Set(in s interface_name,
          in s property_name,
          in v value);
    signals:
      PropertiesChanged(s interface_name,
                        a{sv} changed_properties,
                        as invalidated_properties);
    properties:
  };
  interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable {
    methods:
      Introspect(out s xml_data);
    signals:
    properties:
  };
  interface org.freedesktop.DBus.Peer {
    methods:
      Ping();
      GetMachineId(out s machine_uuid);
    signals:
    properties:
  };
  interface com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar {
    methods:
      @org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.Async("true")
      RegisterWindow(in u windowId,
                     in o menuObjectPath);
      UnregisterWindow(in u windowId);
      GetMenuForWindow(in u windowId,
                       out s service,
                       out o menuObjectPath);
      @com.trolltech.QtDBus.QtTypeName.Out0("MenuInfoList")
      GetMenus(out a(uso) menus);
    signals:
      WindowRegistered(u windowId,
                       s service,
                       o menuObjectPath);
      WindowUnregistered(u windowId);
    properties:
  };
};

Upon deeper investigation I noticed that some default apps works & some doesn't. Here is the result so far:

Apps that does NOT move menubar to panel:

1. nautilus

2. gnome-terminal (only shows file>close)

3. gedit

4. file-roller (complete mess: export header-bar menus but also shows menus on the window & a single dropdown menu screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/XDVD9Ei.png)

5. eog

6. totem

7. mines ( a very big size menu remains on the window screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/ZD0xma0.png )

8. shotwell

9. transmission

Apps that does move menubar properly to the panel

1. evince
2. rhythmbox
3. disks
4. system-monitor
5. system-log (uses headerbar)

Since file-roller incident is also visible in Unity, I have also commented at bug: #1131664

Thanks for investigation! Does all that happen in Unity as well, or are there differences in appearance between Unity and gnome-panel?

@Dmitry

Yes, for file-roller app (archive manager) the issue is something similar for both Unity & Flashback

On Unity:

1. Global menubar shows traditional horizontal menubar
2. it also export some portion of gtk header-bar menu along with traditional menubar
3. Some other portion of gtk header-bar menu remains on the application window ( single drop-down menu)which are also in traditional menubar (screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/SKFM9Ya.png)

On Gnome-Flashback (with global menu):
1. No traditional menubar
2. export same portion of gtk header-bar menu as in Unity
3. Same other portion of gtk header-bar menu remains on the application window as in Unity. (screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/XDVD9Ei.png)

As commented on the mailing list, resetting compiz (dconf reset /org/compiz) & then logging into metacity does solve the problem. But it reappears when I log back in compiz session. Running "compiz -replace" inside metacity session also works-> It brings back all compiz effect & doesn't affect indicator-applet-appmenu.

I think Unity's compiz plugin in someway interfering with flashback-compiz session ( compiz has tons of bugs on Utopic).

This happened because /usr/share/upstart/sessions/unity-gtk-module.conf did not start in Compiz session, which was not whitelisted in Upstart. I have now prepared a merge proposal to fix this.

This needs a fix in unity-gtk-module as well.

This bug was fixed in the package unity-gtk-module - 0.0.0+15.04.20150118-0ubuntu1

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unity-gtk-module (0.0.0+15.04.20150118-0ubuntu1) vivid; urgency=low

  [ Dmitry Shachnev ]
  * Support multiple desktop names in $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP. (LP:
    #1383382)
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