Yes another Ubuntu bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/1208019 It looks like the Ubuntu global menu is too buggy/limited to play nicely with Eclipse in some circumstances. So the workaround is to not use it. However, this will cause an issue with GTK3 implementation in Ubuntu: bug 417601
Ubuntu is definitely not standard-friendly enough to guarantee perfect integration with Eclipse. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to eclipse in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/688136 Title: Eclipse menu bar does not appear in eclipse or the global menu Status in Eclipse: Unknown Status in “eclipse” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: eclipse When running Eclipse the global menu just has a File > Close command and the menu bar doesn't appear in Eclipse, thus no menu bar options at all are exposed for Eclipse. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: eclipse (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-8.21-generic 2.6.37-rc4 Uname: Linux 2.6.37-8-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Dec 9 16:38:38 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20101202) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: eclipse To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/eclipse-eclipsers/+bug/688136/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp