Invariant Properties

The eclipse menubar in Ubuntu 13.10 is broken. It appears but it’s inert – you can’t pull down anything.

Fortunately there’s a simple fix. We only need to create one file and then load the app via Dash. The configuration below is for Spring Tool Suite and easily modified for other versions of eclipse.

/usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version=3.4.0
Name=Eclipse
Comment=IDE for all seasons
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 /opt/springsource/sts-3.4.0.RELEASE/STS
Icon=/opt/springsource/sts-3.4.0.RELEASE/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;Application