Created attachment 37143 [details] [review]
add an orientation property to GtkMenuBar

And now that Pango supports rotation... :)

Created attachment 37261 [details]
a screenshot

Will the menu appear rotated as well ? :)

2005-02-11  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>

	Support vertical menubars  (#166632): 
	
	* gtk/gtkenums.h (GtkPackDirection): New enumeration for pack 
	directions, with values for left-to-right, right-to-left, 
	top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top.

	* gtk/gtk.symbols: 
	* gtk/gtkmenubar.h: 
	* gtk/gtkmenubar.c: Add two properties, pack-direction and
	child-pack-direction, which specify how children and 
	grandchildren of a menubar are packed, with getters and setters. 

	* gtk/gtkmenubar.c (gtk_menu_bar_set_property): 
	(gtk_menu_bar_get_property): Implement set_property and get_property.

	* gtk/gtkmenubar.c (gtk_menu_bar_size_request): 
	(gtk_menu_bar_size_allocate): Take pack direction into account.

	* gtk/gtkmenubar.c (gtk_menu_bar_move_current): Implement 
	move_current here move all the menubar-specific direction 
	tweaking from the generic menushell implementation here.

	* gtk/gtkmenu.c (gtk_menu_move_current): Move  menu-specific 
	direction tweaking from the generic menushell implementation here.

	* gtk/gtkmenuitem.c (gtk_menu_item_size_request): 
	(gtk_menu_bar_size_allocate): Take pack direction into account.

	* gtk/gtkimagemenuitem.c (gtk_image_menu_item_size_request) 
	(gtk_image_menu_item_size_allocate): 
	(gtk_image_menu_item_toggle_size_request): Take child pack 
	direction into account and pack the image vertically if
	necessary.

	* gtk/gtkmenushell.c (gtk_menu_shell_real_select_item):
	Set the submenu direction to left-right for menuitems in 
	vertical menubars.
	(gtk_real_menu_shell_move_current): Simplify by moving
	direction tweaking to menu- and menubar-specific 
	implementations. Take pack direction into account when
	doing fallbacks.

	* tests/testmenubars.c: Test menubars in various packing
	direction combinations.

	* tests/Makefile.am (noinst_PROGRAMS): Add testmenubars.

So is this bug fixed ?

I fail to see the point. Menus on other sides are unreadable. If you need
toolbars on the top and side then you probably should rework what needs to be on
the toolbar and what doesn't, not fill the screen with them.

Regardless of whether this is readable in English, note that there are languages
which are often written vertically.