I found this can be changed via dconf, for those of you (like me) who don't use Gnome or Unity and can't access this hidden menu
$ dconf write /org/gnome/calculator/button-mode "'basic'"; gnome-calculator $ dconf write /org/gnome/calculator/button-mode "'advanced'"; gnome-calculator $ dconf write /org/gnome/calculator/button-mode "'programming'"; gnome-calculator $ dconf write /org/gnome/calculator/button-mode "'financial'"; gnome-calculator -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1230172 Title: gnome-calculator menu unreachable when "global menu" is off To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-calculator/+bug/1230172/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs