<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/4.6.0"> </HEAD> <BODY> All: I think this problem may be more widespread than just in Thunderbird mail. Yesterday, in using the "Audicity" application (an audio recorder/editor), I specified a change in "edit...preferences", and on hitting the "OK" button to make the change, almost all of the menu bar disappeared (only the first few letters of the "File" menu remained). I did notice it responded to Alt-F (to get the "File" menu), so it appears to respond to keyboard access, but Audacity has a number of unusual menu names (which are essential, yet I couldn't guess what keys might be used to access them). So I terminated it, and on bringing it back up, the menu bar re-appeared (whew!). I am thinking this problem might be something a lot of applications are being 'gifted' with from GTK3. One of the main reasons I now use Lubuntu is because of the "disappearing menus" feature of the Unity desktop. But now, unfortunately, like a bad dream that you can't escape, it appears to be coming to get me, even while using Lubuntu! I am seriously thinking of re-installing Lubuntu 12.04, and switching back to that, in hopes that the problems with 12.10 eventually get sorted out. I already installed Lubuntu 12.04 on my daughters' machines (rather than 12.10) for similar reasons (specifically, the loss-of-focus problems with Java applications). My worst-case fall-back would be to switch to Ubuntu Studio 12.04 for everything (not just audio-production). That is a long-term-support release, so it will last a long time. -- <PRE> Sincerely, Aere </PRE> -----Original Message----- From: Leszek Lesner <<A HREF="mailto:Leszek%20Lesner%20%3cleszek.lesner@web.de%3e">leszek.lesner@web.de</A>> To: <A HREF="mailto:lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</A> Subject: Re: Thunderbird missing top menus Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:50:33 +0100 <PRE> Am Mittwoch, 28. November 2012, 13:18:12 schrieb Lars Noodén: > On 11/28/2012 01:07 PM, Leszek Lesner wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 28. November 2012, 12:19:23 schrieb Lars Noodén: > >> On 11/28/12, John Hupp <<A HREF="mailto:lubuntu@prpcompany.com">lubuntu@prpcompany.com</A>> wrote: > >>> press Alt-F to see if the File menu appears. > >> > >> I hadn't thought to try that, it does show the menus. Very strange. > >> They all disappear again when anything is pressed. This makes > >> Thunderbird usable but very awkward in that the keyboard must be used > >> not just the mouse alone. > > > > Perhaps thunderbird ships with a unity global menu plugin that keeps > > activating itself. > > Try to take a look in the addons manager and disable anything that stated > > to be a global menu integration or unity integration. > > There were two add-ons that seemed related to Unity, but turning them > off and restarting Thunderbird did nothing to affect the menus. > > Regards, > /Lars As I had some time now to check on it again here a possible solution: Seems to be a new "feature" to integrate menu in titlebar which can be disabled by disabling "mail.tabs.drawInTitlebar" from Preferences -> Advanced -> Gernal -> Config Editor </PRE> </BODY> </HTML>