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			* '''2017-04-25''' [http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/04/best-unity-desktop-features 12 Features That Made Unity The Best Linux Desktop]: doesn't really explain how any of these features are an improvement
	===How-To===		===How-To===
	* '''2012-07-17''' [http://www.osnews.com/story/26192/How_to_Undo_Unity How to Undo Unity]		* '''2012-07-17''' [http://www.osnews.com/story/26192/How_to_Undo_Unity How to Undo Unity]

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	==About==		==About==
	The [[Unity application manager]] is an [[application manager]] for [[Ubuntu]].		The [[Unity application manager]] is an [[application manager]] for [[Ubuntu]]. Although present in earlier versions, it became unavoidable in [[Ubuntu 11.10]].

	==Design Issues==		==Design Issues==
	===disappearing menus===		===disappearing menus===

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==About==
The [[Unity application manager]] is an [[application manager]] for [[Ubuntu]].
==Design Issues==
===disappearing menus===
Unity places some application menus in the screen's top bar, somewhat like [[MacOS]], removing them from the application's window(s); this feature is apparently referred to as the '''global menu'''.

Aside from the aesthetic issues, this also causes those applications to be essentially unusable under other desktop managers installed on the same system because the application's menu does not show up ''anywhere''.

In the case of at least one application (Kate), the cause seems to be a configuration setting:

There's a configuration line that appears in N+1 different places, where N is however many sessions you have saved; encountering any of them causes it to get written to the others at the next opportunity.

: '''1.''' ~/.kde/share/config/katerc
: '''N.''' ~/.kde/share/apps/kate/sessions/*.katesession

The line looks like this (boldfaced):
[MainWindow]
Height 900=700
'''MenuBar=Disabled'''

Close Kate, delete that line in all files (katerc and the .katesession files), and reload Kate -- the menu should display.
==Links==
===Reference===
* {{wikipedia|Unity (user interface)}}
===Reviews===
* [[User:Woozle/Unity desktop manager]]
===How-To===
* '''2012-07-17''' [http://www.osnews.com/story/26192/How_to_Undo_Unity How to Undo Unity]
* '''2011-06-04''' [http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2011/06/how-to-get-classic-gnome-menu-in-unity.html How to Get Classic Gnome Menu in Unity]
* posts by [[User:Woozle|Woozle]]:
** '''2011-11-05''' [https://plus.google.com/102282887764745350285/posts/5A7CExCY2De some steps I went through while figuring this out]
** '''2011-10-24''' [https://plus.google.com/102282887764745350285/posts/1L1m27SHyrN after removing some libraries to try and fix it]
** '''2011-10-20''' [https://plus.google.com/102282887764745350285/posts/KWvLKz4oMJL Kate's menu unavailable in Gnome]