Mac-style Menu Bar for GTK

This is a great idea to make Ubuntu Dapper look and feel like Mac OSX. Someone, aquila_deus (CMIIW), hacked gtk2 to use mac-style menubars. You can find his patch from http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=6447.

This menu bar is tested with gtk 2.10.1/2/3 & gtk 2.8.19, under compiz-quinn, xfce 4.4 svn, and blackbox.

Screenshot

Note: Screenshot was taken from the original thread without permission.

Several problems with this menu bar:

• Some menubar parts (not menu) may be not repainted well.
• Mouse movement on menubar can’t activate other menus, you have to click or use the old x-window/mac style (press button until you select the target item).
• When you move mouse pointer to menus, it’s treated as the mouse has left menubar.
• You can always move/resize the menubar by Alt+mouse buttons.

Here are how to patch gtk2:

• get gtk2 source
• cd …../…./gtk+-2.10.X (X means the version number)
• patch -p0 < ......./..../gtkmenubar.diff
• configure and make & install

Debs Package for Dapper

You can try this debs package for Dapper:
http://www.capc-online.net/dloads/linux/deb/libgtk2.0-0_2.8.20-0ubuntu1_i386.deb

But I got error when I tried installed this into my Ubuntu Dapper

Error - The Application “gnome-panel” has quit unexpectedly.

and

Error - I’ve detected a panel already running, and will now exit.

I will try to install it again. Wish me luck

My wish list:

• Error fix for Dapper debs package
• Ubuntu repo for this package

Original thread from here:

• http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=24289
• http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=241868