I have run a debugging session from the Eclipse side. When you click the global menu it is producing event that gets handed down to the main SWT loop, there Eclipse takes the event and gives it back to GTK calling gtk_main_do_event for precise targeting of the affected component. Without the global menu the event would popout back from GTK inside the Menu widget triggering something like menuIsAboutToShow callback. With global menu however the event is swallowed and never comes back.
The Java code in Eclipse has no role here nor the super-thin SWT native code. It an apparent regression in the behavior of the GTK library. In other words it is Ubuntu global menu back not being compatible with standard GTK behavior. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity-gtk-module in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1208019 Title: Eclipse menus doesn't show up in Saucy Status in Unity GTK+ module: Confirmed Status in “unity-gtk-module” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: **************** HOW TO REPRODUCE **************** 1. Run Eclipse, Gimp or Inkscape. 2. Move the cursor to the top of the screen. 3. Click on any of the menu items (File, Edit, Navigate, ...) ****************** EXPECTED BEHAVIOUR ****************** - The content of the submenus show up. ************** REAL BEHAVIOUR ************** - Only the top-level headers are available. - Nothing happens when clicking on them - They don't show up in the HUD either. *********** WORK-AROUND *********** To modify "/usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop" to look like this: [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=Eclipse Comment=Eclipse Integrated Development Environment Icon=eclipse Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= eclipse Terminal=false Categories=Development;IDE;Java; **************** RELEVANT DETAILS **************** - Doesn't affect Ubuntu releases prior to 13.10. ************** TECHNICAL INFO ************** ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: eclipse 3.8.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.10.0-6.17-generic 3.10.3 Uname: Linux 3.10.0-6-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.11-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Aug 3 17:03:55 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-08 (25 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386 (20130708) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: eclipse UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-gtk-module/+bug/1208019/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
