diff --git a/Nasal/canvas/gui.nas b/Nasal/canvas/gui.nas
index de375e4c2..3bb2f5713 100644
--- a/Nasal/canvas/gui.nas
+++ b/Nasal/canvas/gui.nas
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ var gui = {
   focused_window: nil,
   open_popups: [],
   region_highlight: nil,
-  menubar: nil,
 
   # Window/dialog stacking order
   STACK_INDEX: {
@@ -31,6 +30,8 @@ var loadDialog = func(name) loadGUIFile("dialogs/" ~ name ~ ".nas");
 
 loadGUIFile("Config.nas");
 loadGUIFile("Menu.nas");
+loadGUIFile("MenuBar.nas");
+loadGUIFile("Overlay.nas");
 loadGUIFile("Popup.nas");
 loadGUIFile("Style.nas");
 loadGUIFile("Widget.nas");
@@ -606,21 +607,14 @@ getDesktop().addEventListener("mousedown", func {
   }
 });
 
-# disabled until this is hooked up to the PUICompat code
-#gui.menubar = gui.MenuBar.new();
-
 # Provide old 'Dialog' for backwards compatiblity (should be removed for 3.0)
 var Dialog = {
   new: func(size, type = nil, id = nil)
   {
-    debug.warn("'canvas.Dialog' is deprectated! (use canvas.Window instead)");
+    debug.warn("'canvas.Dialog' is deprecated! (use canvas.Window instead)");
     return Window.new(size, type, id);
   }
 };
 
 var unloadGUI = func() {
-  if (gui.menubar) {
-  	gui.menubar.del();
-    gui.menubar = nil;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/Nasal/canvas/gui/MenuBar.nas b/Nasal/canvas/gui/MenuBar.nas
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28174c718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Nasal/canvas/gui/MenuBar.nas
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+gui.MenuBar = {
+	new: func() {
+		var obj = {
+			parents: [gui.MenuBar, canvas.gui.Overlay.new([24, 24], "global-menu-bar")],
+		};
+		
+                obj._canvas = obj.createCanvas().setColorBackground(canvas.style.getColor("bg_color"));
+		obj._root = obj._canvas.createGroup();
+		obj._layout = canvas.VBoxLayout.new();
+		obj._canvas.setLayout(obj._layout);
+		obj._menuBar = canvas.gui.widgets.MenuBar.new(obj._root, canvas.style, {});
+		obj._layout.addItem(obj._menuBar);
+		
+		var wrapSizeChangingWidgetFunc = func(sizeChangingWidgetFuncName) {
+			var sizeChangingWidgetFunc = gui.widgets.MenuBar[sizeChangingWidgetFuncName];
+			var wrapperFunc = func {
+				var result = call(sizeChangingWidgetFunc, arg, obj._menuBar);
+				obj.updateSize();
+				return result;
+			}
+			obj[sizeChangingWidgetFuncName] = wrapperFunc;
+		}
+		var wrapWidgetFunc = func(widgetFuncName) {
+			var widgetFunc = gui.widgets.MenuBar[widgetFuncName];
+			var wrapperFunc = func {
+				return call(widgetFunc, arg, obj._menuBar);
+			}
+			obj[widgetFuncName] = wrapperFunc;
+		}
+		
+		wrapSizeChangingWidgetFunc("addMenu");
+		wrapSizeChangingWidgetFunc("createMenu");
+		wrapSizeChangingWidgetFunc("clear");
+		wrapSizeChangingWidgetFunc("removeMenu");
+		wrapSizeChangingWidgetFunc("takeAt");
+		wrapWidgetFunc("count");
+		wrapWidgetFunc("getItem");
+		wrapWidgetFunc("getMenu");
+		
+		return obj;
+	},
+	
+	setSize: func(s) {
+		call(me.parents[1].setSize, [s], me);
+		me._menuBar.setSize(s);
+		return me;
+	},
+	
+	updateSize: func {
+		me.setSize(me._menuBar._size);
+	},
+	
+	update: func {
+		me._menuBar.update();
+		return me;
+	},
+};
+
diff --git a/Nasal/canvas/gui/Overlay.nas b/Nasal/canvas/gui/Overlay.nas
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f485db108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Nasal/canvas/gui/Overlay.nas
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2022 Frederic Croix <thefgfseagle@gmail.com>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+gui.Overlay = {
+	# Constructor
+	#
+	# @param size ([width, height])
+	new: func(size_, id = nil) {
+		var ghost = _newWindowGhost(id);
+		var m = {
+			parents: [gui.Overlay, PropertyElement, ghost],
+			_ghost: ghost,
+			_node: props.wrapNode(ghost._node_ghost),
+			_widgets: [],
+			_canvas: nil,
+			_focused: 1,
+		};
+
+		m.setSize(size_);
+		m._updateDecoration();
+
+		# arg = [child, listener_node, mode, is_child_event]
+		setlistener(m._node, func m._propCallback(arg[0], arg[2]), 0, 2);
+		
+		return m;
+	},
+	# Destructor
+	del: func {
+		if (me["_canvas"] != nil) {
+			var placements = me._canvas._node.getChildren("placement");
+			# Do not remove canvas if other placements exist
+			if (size(placements) > 1) {
+				foreach (var p; placements) {
+					if (p.getValue("type") == "window" and p.getValue("id") == me.get("id")) {
+						p.remove();
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				me._canvas.del();
+			}
+			me._canvas = nil;
+		}
+		if (me._node != nil) {
+			me._node.remove();
+			me._node = nil;
+		}
+	},
+	# Create the canvas to be used for this Window
+	#
+	# @return The new canvas
+	createCanvas: func() {
+		var size = [
+			me.get("content-size[0]"),
+			me.get("content-size[1]")
+		];
+		
+		me._canvas = new({
+			size: [size[0], size[1]],
+			view: size,
+			placement: {
+				type: "window",
+				id: me.get("id")
+			},
+			
+			# Standard alpha blending
+			"blend-source-rgb": "src-alpha",
+			"blend-destination-rgb": "one-minus-src-alpha",
+			
+			# Just keep current alpha (TODO allow using rgb textures instead of rgba?)
+			"blend-source-alpha": "zero",
+			"blend-destination-alpha": "one"
+		});
+		
+		me._canvas._focused_widget = nil;
+		me._canvas.data("focused", me._focused);
+		
+		return me._canvas;
+	},
+	# Set an existing canvas to be used for this Window
+	setCanvas: func(canvas_) {
+		if (ghosttype(canvas_) != "Canvas") {
+			return debug.warn("Not a Canvas");
+		}
+		
+		canvas_.addPlacement({type: "window", "id": me.get("id")});
+		me['_canvas'] = canvas_;
+		
+		canvas_._focused_widget = nil;
+		canvas_.data("focused", me._focused);
+		
+		return me;
+	},
+	# Get the displayed canvas
+	getCanvas: func(create = 0) {
+		if (me['_canvas'] == nil and create) {
+			me.createCanvas();
+		}
+		
+		return me['_canvas'];
+	},
+	setLayout: func(l) {
+		if (me['_canvas'] == nil) {
+			me.createCanvas();
+		}
+		
+		me._canvas.update(); # Ensure placement is applied
+		me._ghost.setLayout(l);
+		return me;
+	},
+	setPosition: func {
+		if (size(arg) == 1) {
+			var arg = arg[0];
+		}
+		var (x, y) = arg;
+		
+		me.setInt("tf/t[0]", x);
+		me.setInt("tf/t[1]", y);
+		return me;
+	},
+	setSize: func {
+		if (size(arg) == 1) {
+			var arg = arg[0];
+		}
+		var (w, h) = arg;
+		
+		me.set("content-size[0]", w);
+		me.set("content-size[1]", h);
+		
+		if (me["_canvas"] == nil) {
+			print("canvas is nil");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		for (var i = 0; i < 2; i += 1) {
+			var size = me.get("content-size[" ~ i ~ "]");
+			me._canvas.set("size[" ~ i ~ "]", size);
+			me._canvas.set("view[" ~ i ~ "]", size);
+		}
+		
+		return me;
+	},
+	getSize: func {
+		var w = me.get("content-size[0]");
+		var h = me.get("content-size[1]");
+		return [w,h];
+	},
+	# Raise to top of window stack
+	raise: func() {
+		# on writing the z-index the window always is moved to the top of all other
+		# windows with the same z-index.
+		me.setInt("z-index", me.get("z-index", gui.STACK_INDEX["always-on-top"]));
+	},
+	hide: func(parents = 0) {
+		me._ghost.hide();
+	},
+	show: func() {
+		me._ghost.show();
+		me.raise();
+		if (me._canvas != nil) {
+			me._canvas.update();
+		}
+	},
+	# Hide / show the window based on whether it's currently visible
+	toggle: func() {
+		if (me.isVisible()) {
+			me.hide();
+		} else {
+			me.show();
+		}
+	},
+	_onStateChange: func {
+		var event = canvas.CustomEvent.new("wm.focus-" ~ (me._focused ? "in" : "out"));
+		
+		if (me.getCanvas() != nil) {
+			me.getCanvas().data("focused", me._focused).dispatchEvent(event);
+		}
+	},
+	#mode 0 = value changed, +-1 add/remove node
+	_propCallback: func(child, mode) {
+		if (!me._node.equals(child.getParent())) {
+			return;
+		}
+		var name = child.getName();
+		
+		# support for CSS like position: absolute; with right and/or bottom margin
+		if (name == "right") {
+			me._handlePositionAbsolute(child, mode, name, 0);
+		} elsif (name == "bottom") {
+			me._handlePositionAbsolute(child, mode, name, 1);
+		}
+
+		if (mode == 0) {
+			if (name == "size") {
+				me._resizeDecoration();
+			}
+		}
+	},
+	_handlePositionAbsolute: func(child, mode, name, index) {
+		# mode
+		#	 -1 child removed
+		#		0 value changed
+		#		1 child added
+
+		if (mode == 0) {
+			me._updatePos(index, name);
+		} elsif (mode == 1) {
+			me["_listener_" ~ name] = [
+				setlistener(
+					"/sim/gui/canvas/size[" ~ index ~ "]",
+					func me._updatePos(index, name)
+				),
+				setlistener(
+					me._node.getNode("content-size[" ~ index ~ "]"),
+					func me._updatePos(index, name)
+				)
+			];
+		} elsif (mode == -1) {
+			for (var i = 0; i < 2; i += 1) {
+				removelistener(me["_listener_" ~ name][i]);
+			}
+		}
+	},
+	_updatePos: func(index, name) {
+		me.setInt(
+			"tf/t[" ~ index ~ "]",
+			getprop("/sim/gui/canvas/size[" ~ index ~ "]") - me.get(name) - me.get("content-size[" ~ index ~ "]")
+		);
+	},
+	getCanvasDecoration: func() {
+		return wrapCanvas(me._getCanvasDecoration());
+	},
+	_updateDecoration: func() {
+		me.setBool("update", 1);
+
+		#var canvas_deco = me.getCanvasDecoration();
+		#var group_deco = canvas_deco.getGroup("decoration");
+
+		me._resizeDecoration();
+		me._onStateChange();
+	},
+	_resizeDecoration: func() {
+	}
+};
+
+
diff --git a/Nasal/gui/MenuBar.nas b/Nasal/gui/MenuBar.nas
index 001a30050..b567bf378 100644
--- a/Nasal/gui/MenuBar.nas
+++ b/Nasal/gui/MenuBar.nas
@@ -1,60 +1,56 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2022 James Turner <james@flightgear.org>
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2023 TheFGFSEagle <thefgfseagle@gmail.com>
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
+var menubar = nil;
 
-var GUIMenuItem = {
-
-    aboutToShow: func() {
-
-    },
-
-    # return a Canvas object (group) of the contents
-    show: func(viewParent) {
-
-    }
-
-};
-
-var GUIMenu = {
-
-    aboutToShow: func() {
-
-    },
-
-    # return a Canvas object (group) of the contents
-    show: func(viewParent) {
-        # loop over children
-    }
-
-};
-
-var GUIMenuBar = {
-    aboutToShow: func() {
-
-    },
-
-    # return a Canvas object (group) of the contents
-    show: func(viewParent) {
-
-    }
-
-};
-
-# this is the callback function invoked by C++ to build Nasal peers
-# for the C++ menu objects.
-var _createMenuObject = func(type)
-{
-    if (type == "menubar") {
-
-    } else if (type == "menuitem") {
-
-    } else if (type == "seperator") {
-
-    } else if (type == "menu") {
-        # do we need to distuinguish submenus here:
-    }
-
-    return nil;
+var _addItem = func(parent, itemGhost) {
+	var item = parent.createItem(
+		text: itemGhost.label,
+		cb: itemGhost.fire,
+		cb_me: itemGhost,
+		shortcut: itemGhost.shortcut,
+		enabled: itemGhost.enabled,
+	);
+}
+
+var _addMenu = func(parent, menuGhost) {
+	var menu = parent.createMenu(menuGhost.label);
+	foreach (var item; menuGhost.items) {
+		_addItem(menu, item);
+	}
+}
+
+var _createMenuBar = func(menubarGhost) {
+	if (menubar != nil) {
+		menubar.del();
+		menubar = nil;
+	}
+	menubar = canvas.gui.MenuBar.new();
+	foreach (var menu; menubarGhost.menus) {
+		_addMenu(menubar, menu);
+	}
+	menubar.show();
+}
+
+var _destroyMenuBar = func(menubarGhost) {
+	if (menubar != nil) {
+		return;
+	}
+	menubar.del();
+	menubar = nil;
+}
+
+var _showMenuBar = func(menubarGhost) {
+	if (menubar == nil) {
+		return;
+	}
+	menubar.show();
+}
+
+var _hideMenuBar = func(menubarGhost) {
+	if (menubar == nil) {
+		return;
+	}
+	menubar.hide();
 }
 
-logprint(LOG_INFO, "Did load GUI menubar");