PoC: GTK global menu on Plasma Wayland

dependencies

• libdbusmenu-gtk3

build instruction

mkdir build
cmake -B build .
cmake --build build

run the tester

GTK_MODULES=$PWD/build/libappmenu-gtk-module-wayland.so your_gtk_app

install it

sudo cp $PWD/build/libappmenu-gtk-module-wayland.so /usr/lib/gtk-3.0/modules/

Then create a file in /etc/profile.d

sudo nano /etc/profile.d/appmenu-gtk-module-wayland.sh

Copy this

if [ -n "$GTK_MODULES" ]; then
    GTK_MODULES="${GTK_MODULES}:appmenu-gtk-module-wayland"
else
    GTK_MODULES="appmenu-gtk-module-wayland"
fi

if [ -z "$UBUNTU_MENUPROXY" ]; then
    UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=1
fi

export GTK_MODULES
export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY

Make the file executable

sudo chmod +x /etc/profile.d/appmenu-gtk-module-wayland.sh

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Application Menu GTK+ Module

This is renamed port of Launchpad repository of Unity GTK+ Module.

Unity GTK+ Module is small GTK Module than strips menus from all GTK programs, converts to MenuModel and send to AppMenu. Ubuntu users now does not need to install this.

REQUIRED DEPENDENCES

All:

• GLib (>= 2.50.0)
• GTK+ (>= 3.22.0)

Demos

• valac (>= 0.24.0)

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Usage Instructions

XFCE

• Type following into your console: xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Gtk/Modules -n -t string -s "appmenu-gtk-module-wayland"

BUDGIE*

• Type following into your console: gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings enabled-gtk-modules "['appmenu-gtk-module-wayland']"

OTHER

• Create file .config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini into your home directory, if it do not exists already Add to this file:
  • If it is just created, [Settings]
  • And then gtk-modules="appmenu-gtk-module-wayland"

IF ABOVE DOES NOT WORK

• Add to .profile or .bashrc:

if [ -n "$GTK_MODULES" ]; then
    GTK_MODULES="${GTK_MODULES}:appmenu-gtk-module-wayland"
else
    GTK_MODULES="appmenu-gtk-module-wayland"
fi

if [ -z "$UBUNTU_MENUPROXY" ]; then
    UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=1
fi

export GTK_MODULES
export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY

IF NONE OF THESE ARE WORKING

• Add above snippet to any place where environment variables should set.

YOU SHOULD RELOGIN AFTER INSTALLING THIS MODULE FIRST TIME