The same question has been answered on askubuntu:
Eclipse menus are cut off or don't show
I might have found a possible solution for your problem. I have experienced the same issue as you have described, Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit Unity, Eclipse 4.3.0, menus were not visible.
So I realise that it might be helpful if I clarify myself, the desktop shortcut file for Eclipse would contain something like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=4.3.0
Name=Eclipse
Comment=IDE for all seasons
#Exec=/home/USERNAME/Dokument/eclipse/eclipse
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 /home/USERNAME/Dokument/eclipse/eclipse
Icon=/home/USERNAME/Dokument/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;Application
The row Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 /home/USERNAME/Dokument/eclipse/eclipse, part referenced in the post I pointed to, is the one that makes menus visible, et voila! :)
In my case this file (eclipse.desktop) resides in /usr/share/applications/
Hope this helps.
This bug has been confirmed in Ubuntu 13.10, here is a link. In order to overcome problem, you have to change your eclipse.desktop file in part of Exec passing env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY with eclipse path and eclipse will be runnable from launcher with functional menu bar. Here is patern for changing eclipse.desktop file:
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= path/to/eclipse
I had the same disabled sub-menus problem with Eclipse Kepler 64-bit on Ubuntu 13.10. But I finally managed to get it run with the following little work around. This bug has actually been already reported in this link.
Create a eclipse.desktop file in /usr/share/applications/with the following contents.
[Desktop Entry]
Version=4.3.0
Name=Eclipse
Comment=IDE for all seasons
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 /home/USERNAME/eclipse/eclipse
Icon=/home/USERNAME/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;Application
or else, you could also try with the following executable bash script file which opens Eclipse. Place the file in /bin directory or /usr/local/bin.
#!/bin/bash
export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0
path_to/eclipse/eclipse
As for me, I found it better to edit eclipse starter itself,
mine is /usr/bin/eclipse (root permission required).
Last line:
exec $ECLIPSE "$@"
becomes:
env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 $ECLIPSE "$@"
So, now it doesn't matter how it starts - by desctop icon, terminal command or self-restart after new plugin installation.
The same question has been posted (and answered by me) on askubuntu:
Eclipse menus are cut off or don't show
Here is the complete answer.
This method takes for granted that you already have your eclipse.desktop file (or that you can alternatively create a new one from scratch). Otherwise, you can momentarily take a look at the "fast way" below.
Open your eclipse.desktop file:
sudo -H gedit /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop
(If you can't find it in this path, try in ~/.local/share/applications/eclipse.desktop. Otherwise, you could have to find yours using locate command).
Replace the Exec= line with this:
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= eclipse
Where "eclipse" is the path to your eclipse executable. In this case it's just "eclipse" since there's a symlink in /usr/bin folder.
NOTE: If you can't find your eclipse.desktop file, you can simply create one from scratch in the above path, and fill it with these lines:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Eclipse
Icon=eclipse
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= eclipse
Terminal=false
Categories=Development;IDE;Java;
Save the file.
Now you can run Eclipse from its icon as usual.
If you haven't got any eclipse.desktop file and you don't want to create it at the moment, you can simply run Eclipse with this command:
UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= eclipse
where "eclipse" is the path to your eclipse executable. Note that this is just the fast way to run Eclipse once. If you don't want to remember this command and use it every time you have to run Eclipse, follow the "stable way" above.
Sources:
close your eclipse if you have already launched eclipse application.
type this command on terminal
$ sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop
Note : you may found eclipse.desktop file in this path..../usr/share/applications/Eclipse
Add these lines in this file.
[Desktop Entry]
Version=4.3.0
Name=Eclipse
Comment=IDE for all seasons
#Exec=/home/USERNAME/Dokument/eclipse/eclipse
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 /home/ashish123/adt-bundle-linux-x86-20140702/eclipse/eclipse
Icon=/home/ashish123/adt-bundle-linux-x86-20140702/eclipse/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;Application
Looks like the bug is still there, even in 14.10 with Eclipse Luna. My menus wont show. I setup eclipse using the tutorial here - http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/06/install-latest-eclipse-ubuntu-14-04/
and used that tutorial plus the top answer to make the desktop like this -
[Desktop Entry]
Version=4
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Integrated Development Environment
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 /usr/share/applications/
Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;IDE;Java
Now, my eclipse won't even run.
With the desktop icon below, at least eclipse opens up -
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Eclipse 4
Type=Application
Exec=/opt/eclipse/eclipse
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm
Comment=Integrated Development Environment
NoDisplay=false
Categories=Development;IDE;
Name[en]=Eclipse
EDIT - Menus are now visible. I dunno what happened!
UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=and before the path to eclipse... So you are unsetting the Env variable just for this command. Initially I interpreted this as setting UBUNTU_MENUPROXY to the path... which didn't work. – Theodros Zelleke