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"Show menubar" button enhancements

I'd like to gather insights to help with the decision-making process. Let's discuss potential changes to the show menubar feature slated for 4.18 here

Some alternatives to the current implementation of the show menubar button:

  1. Allow the show menubar button to be hidden and repositioned with toolbar editor

    • in it's current state it is always shown and occupies first slot on the menubar
    • problem: potentially unwanted for users that know their keyboard shortcuts
    • solution already exists as out of tree patch (see here)
  2. Expose menu functionality in show menubar "hamburger" menu (the way Dolphin or Pragha do it)

    • would allow menubar items to be displayed with minimal space usage
    • should we expose it as an option in the settings as an alternative to menubar toggle functionality
    • should this hamburger menu be...
      • repositionable?
      • fixed to first position in the toolbar?
      • fixed to the last position in the toolbar?

example hamburger menu

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