I still have the hildon-desktop / custom menu bug is still present.

That's a real shame as it has been fixed for quite some time in community editions of hildon-desktop. Very disappointing.

For the moment, reverted back to MohomadMG's version of hildon-desktop with Matans changes for 9 desktops. Myabe with the extra desktops, it's time to ditch the custom menu.