Sorting old style menubar items into a newer style menu

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Hello!

I am trying to understand how to sort menu items into these new style menus. In a traditional menubar the items are sorted like this:
File

  • New
  • Open
  • Save
  • Save As…
  • Exit

Help

  • Online help
  • About application

But in a newer style application the menus are sorted very differently. If we would use the Gnome Editor as an example, some of the menus can be seen here:

So my question is, if I would like to create a HeaderBar with these newer menus, how should I sort my items into the newer menus? I would like to sort those (older style) menubar items which I mentioned first so please use those if you can.

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

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Hi,

Gnome recommends to use a “hamburger” primary menu to replace the menubar.

More info here: Menus - GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
About the items sorting, the “Standard Primary Menu Items” are expected at the end of the menu.

Usually there is no “Exit” menu entry, as apps window already have a close button.

The Headerbar can contain extra buttons for convenience, see Header Bars - GNOME Human Interface Guidelines for the guidelines.

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