I don't know the current status of this bug, but I made a patch to fix part of the issue.
The patch adds a GSettings option (com.canonical.Unity.Panel.menubar- always-visible) that allows making the global menubar always visible. This patch was done with the unity in 13.10 repos right now, but it will probably work with trunk as well. ** Patch added: "This patch adds a GSettings option to enable having the global menubar always visible (com.canonical.Unity.Panel.menubar-always-visible)." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/682788/+attachment/3914787/+files/always-show-menubar.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to metacity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/682788 Title: Improve Unity Global Menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/682788/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs