Love GIMP-- but am missing the tear-off submenus

[Robert B. Livingston]

Have been looking far and wide to find out what the status of the tear-off submenus is in the latest versions of GIMP.

I am currently using 2.6.8 on Linux Mint Isadora.

The dotted lines still appear on the menu, and they tear off as they should... but nothing will happen if I click on the items I need.

I am forced to use the menu at the top.

Perhaps I may not have configured my settings correctly-- maybe someone has had a similar experience and may know what can be done?

I have always liked the tear off menus because they are handy to have floating-- and save me from having to make a lot of extra clicks.

One of the reasons I have always liked GIMP is the flexibility of the interface.

Thanks all!