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[Chris Johnston <chrisjohnston@xxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: gtg
       Status: Confirmed => In Progress

** Changed in: gtg
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Chris Johnston (chrisjohnston)

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Rearrange menus
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/522378
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Bug description:
Currently, GTG has 4 menus: Tasks, Edit, View, PLugins, Help.

Recently, with the merge of the preference dialog, the Plugins menu has disappeared (maybe just temporarily), which makes me think: shouldn't re-think menus a little. There are some issues with the current configuration:

 - "Tasks" menu is inadequate for actions such "Quit"
 - "Tasks" menu action feel much more like the content of the "Edit" menu, since those actions are related to task edition
 - "Plugins" focus is too broad: plugins actions should be added to an adequate menu, or at least show under a "Tools" menu, which would feel more adequate than "plugins".

So I would suggest this:

 - Move task edition actions from "Tasks" menu in "Edit" menu
 - Rename "Tasks" menu in "File" (because it's the norm, although I would prefer something that makes more sense)
 - Provide a "Tools" menu to replace the "Plugins" menu

Regarding the "Tools" menu, I would suggest that as long as it doesn't sport always-enabled (i.e. non-plugins) tools, it should be hidden when it is empty.