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Does anyone know if it is possible at all to display the global menubar in apps from the main ubuntu repository? I have found very odd that is missing in apps like pinta (show below), GIMP or Gpaint

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While present (not as neat as in Unity) in other apps not in the the main Ubuntu repository (e.g. TexStudio).

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I am aware of the existence of an extension to show the global menu bar (as shown in this question), however, I want to know why some apps are still showing the menubar while other are not and, most importantly, whether there is a solution for that.

pomsky
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If you have have installed Gnome Global Application Menu(HUD for Gnome) extension mentioned in this answer to the other question you've linked, you'll need to reset a couple of gsettings keys after disabling/uninstalling the extension to restore normalcy.

Open Terminal and run the following commands

gsettings reset org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides
gsettings reset org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings enabled-gtk-modules

Then reboot.

(See "Uninstallation instructions" here)

pomsky
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  • this appears to be indeed the solution. When I run the first command, however, I got GLib-GIO-Message: Using the 'memory' GSettings backend. Your settings will not be saved or shared with other applications.. – BCArg Apr 10 '18 at 14:27
  • @BCArg Looks like your gsettings is broken, see this: https://askubuntu.com/questions/558446/my-dconf-gsettings-installation-is-broken-how-can-i-fix-it-without-ubuntu-reins – pomsky Apr 10 '18 at 14:45
  • Yes indeed. Do you think it is safe to run the commands from the accepted answer? If I do ls /usr/local/lib/ I will get: libgbtools.a libgbtools.la libhts.a libhts.so libhts.so.1.5 libhts.so.2 pkgconfig python2.7 python3.6 R warsaw. I have installed anaconda3 and the path to it is appended on my $PATH. – BCArg Apr 10 '18 at 14:53
  • @BCArg To be honest I have no idea whether it's safe in your case :( – pomsky Apr 10 '18 at 14:59
  • @ pomsky Yes I think this should be more carefully evaluated before I mess up my system. Will upvote your answer, thanks for getting me on the way. – BCArg Apr 10 '18 at 15:03