Questions tagged [appmenu]
The global application menu provides a menu indicator to put the menu inside the Unity or Gnome panel.
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How do I enable or disable the global application menu?
I'm fairly excited for Unity, as it looks like a promising new direction for Ubuntu. However, I do have a concern - will it be possible to use Unity without the global menu?
I have my window manager ...
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Can auto-hide for the application menu be turned off in Unity?
Will there be a way to disable auto-hide behavior of global application menu in Unity. While I would prefer to have this behavior disabled by default (as it is bad UX), it looks like it's here to stay,...
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Ubuntu 17.10 windows' menu in panel
I installed the latest version of Ubuntu (17.10) , but the problem is, I can't find the menu bars of applications in the GNOME panel. For instance, the Chrome menu bar doesn't appear on the panel like ...
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Menu missing in Lotus notes 8 and Eclipse in Unity
I installed lotus notes 8.5.2 on 10.10 netbook using unity desktop. At first lotus notes showed its menu. Suddenly (not sure if I did something) the menu disappeared. When I start up using gnome ...
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How do I create app folders in the GNOME application menu?
Dose anyone know how to make application folders like the 'utilities' folder? It's because I have a lot of apps and want to group them by topic.
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How to edit the Applications Menu in GNOME 3?
I am using Ubuntu 16.04, with Gnome 3.18. Using extensions I have gotten rid of the dash panel and only use the Applications Menu in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. (I don't have Unity.) ...
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Is there a shell-independent HUD-like menu search tool for Xfce/GNOME/Cinnamon?
The Ubuntu Heads-Up Display (HUD) - you love it or you hate it. Personally I rather like a classic desktop, so I use Xfce or GNOME-fork Cinnamon, and I'd like to keep those menu's where they are.
But ...
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How to get global application menu for gvim?
Gvim does not have a global menu (appmenu / application menu) in 12.04,
and when starting gvim from a terminal,
the following warning appears in the terminal after 25 seconds:
** (gvim:20320): ...
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How to access "Applications" menu in Ubuntu Unity Desktop
I've installed Ubuntu 11.10 with the new Unity Desktop. I understand that I can access the classic "Applications" menu by switching to Gnome. However, I was wondering if it's possible to access the ...
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Is it possible to make indicator-appmenu ignore a specific application?
The new indicator-appmenu in Maverick breaks the LyX menu: the application menu is not shown either in the application window nor in the applet. (See Bug report.)
As a workaround while the bug is ...
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How to make the left Super-key open "Show Applications" menu as a shortcut?
In Ubuntu 18.04.1, I would like to use my left Super-key only to simply open the Show Applications menu (aka Dash) like a left click on the dock-icon (with the 9 dots) does and preferably close it ...
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No programs or applications show up in dash [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Dash search gives no result
There are no programs on the dash list (seacher on appmenu).
Yesterday I logged into my account and I tried to find a particular program, but ...
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Faster app menu in Ubuntu 18.04
I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 and one of my first negative impressions is the long animation of flying-in icons when opening the app menu.
Can I speed this up or disable it?
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Using indicator-appmenu in maximized mode only
I like the mac like global-menu or appmenu whatever you call it. But I was wondering if there is a way that I use it only when I maximize the application window ?
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How can I disable the global menu in Firefox?
I can't open bookmarks in new tabs from it (this seems to be a bug in Unity), so I disabled the add-on for it. But the latest update for Firefox (22.0) removed that add-on and re-enabled the global ...
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Gnome Tweak Tool is no longer allowing to move the Gnome Application Menu out of the Top Bar on Ubuntu 20.04
Using GNOME Tweak Tool to disable the 'Application Menu' option in the 'Top Bar' section (reference: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/06/tweal-tool-gnome-application-menu-top-bar) is no more working ...
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App view slidie out thing
Is there a way to see installed apps in a more conventional (to a Mac user!) way, like a folder with a load of app icons, or a list, or anything other than that odious semi-transparent flip out thing ...
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How to add support for the global menu to a python non-gtk, non-qt app?
I'm looking for good documentation (an example, tutorial, or guide) on how to add global menu support to a non-gtk, non-qt application. (In gtk it works 'magically' for the main menu...).
The ...
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How do I add Matlab to the main menu?
I was trying to add the installed matlab to the menu of Applications under Ubuntu 10.10.
I clicked Gnome-Menu -> Preference -> Main Menu -> Programming -> New Item, where I input the Matlab file .../...
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How do I enable the globalmenu / appmenu on Xfce or LXDE?
I have tried various tricks I could find to install the global menu on Xfce and LXDE on the latest Oneiric, but nothing worked. Does anyone have an idea on how to do that? Thanks.
Here's what I've ...
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How to open "System > Administrator" -menu?
Ive come across many times to need to open the "System > Administrator" -menu, but I havo no clue how? I searched on google that youd need to press ALT + F1 + S, but nothing happens...
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How do I install the global appmenu (mac menu)?
Anyone knows how to install globalmenu on Ubuntu 10.10?
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For Ubuntu 18.04, is there a way to show drop-down menus for a certain applications in a menu bar?
This applies to Nautilus, Gedit, and others. I would like to select, for example, Copy and Paste from a drop down menu, but I am forced to use either the right-click menu or Ctrl-C Ctrl-V shortcuts, ...
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Why can't I see the menubar in some applications?
I don't run gnome-panel normally. Most menubars work correctly. However, with wxMaxima and Audacity, they are not showing. When I start gnome-panel and add an appmenu, I can see the menus again.
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How to fix font rendering (no anti-aliasing) in Unity global menu and search?
Since I've upgraded my system to Ubuntu 11.10, Unity's global menu and search are having font rendering problems (no anti-aliasing, bad font sizes). No problem in sub-menus.
The font rendering ...
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Why don't applications opened as root use global menu?
Why do applications like synaptic (and other that need root privilege) have their menus in the window instead of top panel? Is it going to change or will it stay like that to indicate that user is on ...
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Why doesn't LibreOffice work with the HUD?
So I have tried out a couple daily builds and beta 1, and love HUD. However, currently LibreOffice does not play nice with HUD and I was wondering if there was a way to make it work with HUD. Kinda ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Application menu not showing after clicking
I Updated my Ubuntu from 17.10 to 18.04 now the Application menu on top is not showing the drop down when clicked on it.
The Places Menu is Working but the left Applications Drop down is not working:
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How do I disable the global application menu in Adobe Reader 9?
how to disable global menu in Adobe reader? the menu link not shown in global menu.
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Mutter: Global menu integration
Is it possible to have Mutter merge the title bar of maximized windows and the panel, like happens with Compiz and Metacity? I want to try to replace Metacity with Mutter in Unity 2D, and so far it ...
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How to get back Applications menu?
I'm using 12.04, classic desktop without effects. Once the indicator-applet-complete (right part of the top panel) had disappeared. I found how to fix it with Alt-Win-RightMouseClick on the panel, ...
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Can Wine software use Unity Application Menu?
Wine applications which I used show menu under window top border. Is there any way to use global application menu in Wine applications? Will this function be available in next releases of Wine/appmenu ...
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How to get back the application menu for LibreOffice after an update?
I do not have the menu bar of LibreOffice in the top panel of my Unity desktop (the Global Menu functionality). Though I have installed lo-menubar.
Those are the characteristics of my system:
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Ubuntu 20.04: Can't find basic application menu on the dock and appearance menu in settings
Application menu which is usually found on the leftmost bottom containing all the system and installed applications is missing after the update.
The theme is by default set to bright white one and ...
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How to enable global application menu in RStudio?
On Ubuntu 15.04 Unity, how can I enable the global menu bar for the Qt application RStudio?
I found a 12.04 question, which was not solved and did not contain a clue.
(Due to reputation issues, I ...
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How do I remove the application title from global application menu?
I've disabled the global application menu by removing 'indicator-appmenu' via apt. Unfortunately, the window title still appears on the panel bar whenever I mouse over the application.
Does anyone ...
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Menu bars not integrated with Unity's global menu bar
I upgrade from Lucid via update-manager -d and the upgrade went fine. However, I didn't get Unity's global menu. Windows stil have their indivual menu bars.
This happens for all applications.
Does ...
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How to add shortcut for Xfce Application Menu
I have XFCE in my desktop, and I want to make a keyboard shortcut for Super_L and Super_R ( Known as Windows Keys ) to open my Applications Menu.
What is the command?
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How to use Unity's global menu in GNOME Shell, if possible?
I was woundering is the is a way/possibility to use Unity's global menu with GNOME Shell on Ubuntu 11.10?
It would be really nice to have it.
Does anyone have an idea on how to make this real?
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Why isn't lo-menubar installed by default in LibreOffice?
Will I face any problems by installing the lo-menubar to give libreoffice global menus in Natty?
I'm wondering why it isn't installed by default. Are there stability problems or anything?
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How do I add a system-wide menu item to the Applications menu?
I have manually installed a software to /opt and I wanted to add it to the Applications menu.
Although Ubuntu makes it dead easy to add it to my user's menu, how do I add it system wide, so that all ...
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Aptana and Titanium menu bar problem with Ubuntu 13.10 [duplicate]
After upgrading to Ubuntu 13.10 I have problems with Aptana and Titanium IDE. The menu bar doesn't work normally. Only one menu works, in Aptana the "Window" menu, in Titanium the "Run" menu. Other ...
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How do I enable Global Menus and fix HUD (after upgrading to 12.04 from 10.04)?
I upgraded from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS. It's more or less working.
But, Global Menus aren't working, and when I use HUD no results ever appear. (Example: I search for "F" (without the quotes)) ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Unity Panel Problem: Window Title Not Shown
When the application is maximized, the title of window is sometimes shown on the panel bar. This is OK.
And when the window is inactive (switched to another application), the title of first window is ...
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Global menu bar integration add-on missing in Firefox 22 for Ubuntu 12.04
I just installed Firefox 22 via PPA, and during installation I noticed the global menu bar integration add-on version 22 also was included, but when I launch Firefox I cannot locate the add-on to ...
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How do I get a list of all of the available dbus properties?
How do I get a list of all of the available dbus properties for example org.freedesktop.DBus.GLib.Const? Especially to control window managers, like xfwm. And how would I receive the global menu in ...
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How to enable app menu in vlc?
Call it a minor annoiance, but I'd really like if vlc used the app menu instead of displaying it in the main window.
Is there a way to correct this behavior?
I don't really know if this would ...
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Program menu disappeared [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why can't I see the menubar in some applications?
My problem is as follows:
The program menu, the one that has file edit view all that does not display in some programs ...
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Difference between launching an application from a keyboard shortcut vs the terminal?
What I have observed:
When I type emacs in gnome-terminal, it launches in the same environment, with variables set in .bashrc. If I use a keyboard shortcut to the command emacs, it opens in an ...
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How do I add a search function to gnome classic (fallback) panel?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 Precise with the GNOME desktop environment. I like using the GNOME Fallback ("Classic") better than the default GNOME (i.e., better than GNOME Shell). The only thing that I ...