Global menu bar written in Qt with as few Kf5 dependencies as possible
On FreeBSD:
On FreeBSD-based LIVEstep:
On Arch Linux:
sudo pacman -S cmake gcc qt5-base qt5-tools qt5-svg qt5-x11extras kwindowsystem libxtst libxdamage libxcomposite libxrender libxcomposite libxcb xcb-util libdbusmenu-qt5 kdbusaddons libpulse
on FreeBSD:
sudo pkg install -y cmake pkgconf qt5-x11extras qt5-qmake qt5-widgets qt5-buildtools kf5-kdbusaddons kf5-kwindowsystem libdbusmenu-qt5 qt5-concurrent
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install
Currently only works with QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=kde and https://github.com/helloSystem/QtPlugin using QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=panda. FIXME: Make it work with e.g., QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct.
For this, it would probably need to support the Unity protocol?
Prerequisite: https://www.freshports.org/x11/gtk-app-menu/
E.g., Firefox and Chrome use
/usr/local/lib/gtk-2.0/modules/libappmenu-gtk-module.so
/usr/local/lib/gtk-3.0/modules/libappmenu-gtk-module.so
On FreeBSD:
git clone https://github.com/NorwegianRockCat/FreeBSD-my-ports
cd FreeBSD-my-ports/
cd x11/gtk-app-menu/
sudo make
sudo make install
gmenudbusmenuproxy https://phabricator.kde.org/D10461?id=28255
user@FreeBSD$ sudo pkg which /usr/local/bin/gmenudbusmenuproxy
/usr/local/bin/gmenudbusmenuproxy was installed by package plasma5-plasma-workspace-5.19.2
Can we get it "standalone", without KDE Plasma?
This application finds windows using GTK GMenu DBus interfaces [1] and forwards them through DBusMenu. (...) LibreOffice with appmenu-gtk-module (...) Works with Gimp or Inkscape if you have appmenu-gtk-module (there's GTK2 and GTK3 variants) installed and GTK_MODULES=appmenu-gtk-module environment variable set.
More information regarding it: https://blog.broulik.de/2018/03/gtk-global-menu/
user@FreeBSD$ export GTK_MODULES=appmenu-gtk-module # Not needed!
user@FreeBSD$ ls /usr/local/lib/gtk-3.0/modules/libappmenu-gtk-module.so
# /usr/local/lib/gtk-3.0/modules/libappmenu-gtk-module.so = Needed!
user@FreeBSD$ gmenudbusmenuproxy &
# Now launch inkscape
user@FreeBSD$ inkscape
Initially the menu is empty, but when I bring a Qt applciation to the front and then switch back to the Inkscape window, then the menus work.
user@FreeBSD$ export GTK_MODULES=appmenu-gtk-module # Not needed!
user@FreeBSD$ ls /usr/local/lib/gtk-3.0/modules/libappmenu-gtk-module.so
# /usr/local/lib/gtk-3.0/modules/libappmenu-gtk-module.so = Needed!
user@FreeBSD$ gmenudbusmenuproxy &
# Now launch gimp
user@FreeBSD$ gimp
Same: Initially the menu is empty, but when I bring a Qt applciation to the front and then switch back to the Inkscape window, then the menus work.
Seeing lots of
QDBusSignature: invalid signature ""
QDBusSignature: invalid signature ""
QDBusSignature: invalid signature ""
in gmenudbusmenuproxy.
Same for Audacity.
TODO: Can we get it to work for Firefox and Thunderbird? Are they missing this functionality lately?
user@FreeBSD$ export GTK_MODULES=appmenu-gtk-module
user@FreeBSD$ gmenudbusmenuproxy &
# Now launch firefox
kde.dbusmenuproxy: Got an empty menu for 0 on ":1.103" at "/org/appmenu/gtk/window/0"
Same for Thunderbird. `kde.dbusmenuproxy: Got an empty menu for 0 on ":1.152" at "/org/appmenu/gtk/window/1".
panda-statusbar is licensed under GPLv3.