GtkPopovers instead of menuitems

[fossfreedom]

Suggestion from @ikeydoherty via IRC: "for using a popover im kinda wondering if you could get away with using a gmenumodel or even a gtklistbox"

Need to investigate

EDIT: gtkmenubutton you can add the indicatorobject gtkmenu - so maybe a gtklistbox with one row of gtkmenubuttons ?

EDIT: nope - adding a Gtk.Menu using set_popover just creates a non popover style menu.

Problem is that appindicators are basically Gtk.MenuItems so somehow need to convert Gtk.MenuItems to Gio.MenuModel

Elementary achieved this like this http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~elementary-pantheon/wingpanel-indicator-ayatana/master/view/head:/src/AyatanaIndicator.vala

[HEXcube]

I don't know much about the internal mechanics of different Popover implementations, but they sure look better than the old menuitems. Not sure if it's really relevant, but see these two extensions for Gnome Shell:

Image's from an OMG!Ubuntu article featuring an extension for turning AppIndicators into Gnome Shell styled Popovers - See Link to article