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Ralph Rassweiler
Asked: 2013-10-19 05:21:19 +0800 CST

Eclipse menus are cut off or don't show

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I'm using Ubuntu 13.10 (with JDK 1.7.0_45).

I've downloaded and uncompressed Eclipse Kepler for Java EE Developers.

The software menus are messed up. I didn't notice similar problems in other software.

When I click any menu in Eclipse, the drop-down seems to be "cut". Sometimes the drop-down shows, but the options are invisible.

I tried Eclipse Indigo, but the same problem occurs.

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6 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    How To solve Eclipse menu issues in Ubuntu 13.10

    (Stable way, until someone fixes the bug)

    This method takes for granted that you already have your eclipse.desktop file (or that you can alternatively create a new one from scratch). Otherwise, you can momentarily take a look at the "fast way" below.

    1. Open your eclipse.desktop file:

      sudo -H gedit /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

      (If you can't find it in this path, try in ~/.local/share/applications/eclipse.desktop. Otherwise, you could have to find yours using locate command).

    2. Replace the Exec= line with this:

      Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= eclipse

      Where "eclipse" is the path to your eclipse executable. In this case it's just "eclipse" since there's a symlink in /usr/bin folder.

      NOTE: If you can't find your eclipse.desktop file, you can simply create one from scratch in the above path, and fill it with these lines:

      [Desktop Entry] 
Type=Application 
Name=Eclipse 
Icon=eclipse 
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= eclipse 
Terminal=false 
Categories=Development;IDE;Java;

    3. Save the file.

    Now you can run Eclipse from its icon as usual.

    (Fast but repetitive way)

    If you haven't got any eclipse.desktop file and you don't want to create it at the moment, you can simply run Eclipse with this command:

    UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= eclipse

    where "eclipse" is the path to your eclipse executable. Note that this is just the fast way to run Eclipse once. If you don't want to remember this command and use it every time you have to run Eclipse, follow the "stable way" above.

    Or you can make an alias out of it 

    alias eclipse = 'UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= eclipse'

    and the command eclipse will work fine.

    Sources:

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  2. I had the same problem, my laziest fix is

    1. Open a Gnome Terminal (CTRL+ALT+T Default Shortcut)
    2. Issue UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 eclipse.

    Works for me.

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  3. In my case there were two versions of the file in /usr/share/applications:

    eclipse.desktop
Eclipse.desktop

    Either delete one of them, or change the Exec line in both of them as described above. The third version of the file is in the home folder:

    ~/.local/share/applications/Eclipse.desktop

    You can either delete this last one or change the Exec line in this one too.

    All you have to do is change the Exec line as follows:

    Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= /path/to/eclipse/eclipse
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  4. You need to edit a file called eclipse.desktop to include the MENUPROXY option.

    • Depending on your install, this location will vary. To find it, type sudo find / -name eclipse.desktop.
    • Once you find the location, open up the file in your favorite editor. For me, this is vim, so I type sudo vim /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop (Note that your location may be different, see the first step.
    • When in the file, look for a line that looks something like this-> Exec=/opt/eclipse/eclipse. (Note that yours may just have the "eclipse" in there without the full path).
    • After finding that line, comment it out. Then add this line: Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= /opt/eclipse/eclipse (Edit as needed. If your install did not have the full path, or if it had a different path, adjust here). Note the space after MENUPROXY= . This is important. ` Start up Eclipse and enjoy menus on the top again.
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  5. You can try this : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181641&p=12819998#post12819998 The menu of Eclipse do not show in Unity Global Menu. Works with me.

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  6. In my case the file didn't exist,

    I had to create it in ~/.local/share/applications

    just create eclipse.desktop containing

    Version=4.3.0
Name=Eclipse
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= path=/home/abali/apps/eclipse/eclipse Icon=/home/abali/apps/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=IDE;

    Don't forget to do 

    source eclipse.desktop

    , then open eclipse and it just works.

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