Questions tagged [menu]

Questions about interface menus, placement and addition of them. Menus are a common user interface feature that allow users to interact with applications.

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Can't get app to come up using the link (or entry) in the start menu

I recently installed Mullvad browser on one of my copies of Lubuntu 22.04. However, when I click on the link (or entry) for it in the start menu, nothing happens. Yet, when I click on the icon located ...
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How to remove taskbar from Ubuntu?

As image itself explain my Question. I am New to Ubuntu. I have installed Ubuntu Tweak and now I want to remove that bar. I have already removed Global Menu from Ubuntu.
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How to fix grayed out options on right click menu Ubuntu 18.04

I am on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and updated to the latest software. I have replaced hard drive of my laptop with an SSD. Original hard drive is fixed where the DVD drive used to be. Windows and Ubuntu both ...
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Sound preferences vanished

Some time ago, I realized that the "Sound Preferences..." button (the one that shows up when clicking on the sound icon) stop working. When I click on it, nothing happens anymore. I ...
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Creating an Expandable Top Bar Menu with Tree Structure for Folders and (mayby) Image Previews in Ubuntu

I don't embrace linux and ubuntu very much. My question is simple. Is there a way to add on the top menu bar in the style of the existing "Applications" menu. So that it can be expanded. My ...
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Icons in the top right menu - what's the meaning?

Hi, can anyone tell me what is the UX supposed to be for ubuntu Menu? How am I supposed to know what the buttons do? There is no "hover over it" to know. In my case I am trying to find out what does ...
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How to fix System Menu in new install of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?

I want the system menu that's shown in the Ubuntu docs, here: This is what I have, which is limited, and doesn't match the instructions I see Googling (such as hidden wifi): Thanks for any help.
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Add a menu item to KDE Launcher

I've installed Eclipse Framework not as a binary package (tar.gz), user has only to extract it to a desired directory and start off. I've added eclipse destination path to the global PATH variable and ...
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Wayland replacement for dmenu

In X11 I like to use dmenu to select from a list of items (common commands, URL bookmarks, etc.) and paste them into whatever program I have in front of me. Due to various issues, I'm going to have to ...
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How to disable this grub menu while boot on ubuntu 22.4 LTS?

I have installed fresh Ubuntu 22.4 LTS and noticed a grub menu when booting. I don't need this and i want to disable this. I have tried grub timeout 10 to 0 and many grub editing but this still ...
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How to change super + space menu item position to stay consistent?

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04. When using super+space to switch languages, the small menu that pops up in the middle of the screen always has the current language centered, meaning that the position of the ...
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Just upgraded to 23.04 and now my System Menu Icons are huge. How do I return them to normal size?

Large System Menu Icons Pretty simple issue. Can't seem to find anything similar to it. I restarted with no luck. Is there a way to customize the System Menu? Thanks. EDIT: I'm using a 1920x1080 ...
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how to add program to menu that is not in usr/share

Using Ubuntu 20.04 - I 'installed' a program (for Ubuntu) by extracting from a tar file (apparently the only way to 'install' it) to its own folder on the desktop, and it has a launcher shortcut ...
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How can I set my Ubuntu menu to never have the "Power Off / Log Out" section collapsed?

When I click into the menu in the top right corner, I want to see the Power section already expanded like this: ...instead of this:
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Chrome menus disappears immediately in 30% cases

In Google Chrome on ubuntu I have a problem: right-click and hamburger menus works fine ~5 times and after that in a ~50% cases they are disappeared immeiately after showing. Also some dropdowns on ...
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How to get to the GRUB menu at boot-time?

My system is not dual-boot, I run a standard Ubuntu desktop system "on the metal" (I think running it in a VM is the same). Pressing c while booting does not cause the GRUB menu to appear (which I ...
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Ubuntu Budgie - Desktop right click menu

Is there a way I can add another app the the Ubuntu Budgie - Desktop right click menu the same way "Open Tilix Here" has been added? Sorry it may be a real dumb question but I can't figure it out. ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Dark mode isn't making the GNOME menus dark

Ubuntu 20.04 dark mode is not making the top bar menus dark. I've done all my updates and rebooted a few times but it won't make them menus dark.
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Ubuntu 22.04: Add menu items to the Gnome Desktop context menu

Recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 (my first foray into Linux). One thing I got involved with from the get-go was adding custom entries to the context menus. Basically, using python3-nautilus, I managed ...
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How can I get my GRUB menu to be hidden, AND have the shift or esc keys show the hidden GRUB menu at boot time

I'm running Ubuntu 16.10, and I'm trying to hide my GRUB menu at power on/boot time, and wish the menu to appear only when I hit the Shift or Esc keys. I change the appropriate options in /etc/...
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Menu Access Keys missing underline display in Chromium, Brave, Chrome

I'm using Kubuntu 2022.04.1 but it has happened for other versions of my Linux for a long time. Menu Access Keys are missing. The visual underline of accelerator access keys within menus for Brave / ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 - no menu bar in LibreOffice

In Ubuntu 20.04 with GNOME flashback, there is no menu bar in LibreOffice (the one with File, View etc.). I read somewhere on the Net that the issue is related to libreoffice-gtk3 package, and ...
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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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Open application after tray icon click or double-click instead of menu

SETUP: I have telegram icon after installing it with sudo apt install telegram-desktop. Telegram version 3.6.1. OS - Ubuntu 22.04. And instead of default applications dash panel I'm using dash-to-...
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Changes to Main Menu are not saved

I am unable to find a way to edit the Main Menu on my system (see attached image of my menu). I have tried using "alacarte", "mozo" and "menulibre". When I make changes ...
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No boot menu after installing Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows 7

I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows 7. During the installation I choose the Something else option and chose /dev/sda for the bootloader installation. The Ubuntu installation was successful,...
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Uninstalled applications aren't automatically removed from the Cinnamon menu

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish (x86-64) server install with Cinnamon 5.2.7. (System installation steps can be found here) This problem also did occur on Ubuntu server 22.10 installation. I've ...
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How to get back the old "menu" on Ubuntu 14.04?

I am attempting to setup a new install with a fully updated Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I recall in previous versions of Ubuntu there was a specific menu ability, which started off some type of symbol in the ...
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How to capture a drop-down menu?

I need to capture a drop-down menu of a program. If I open the menu and then press PrntScr (print screen button), it first closes the menu and then captures the screen. I tried Ctrl+PrntScr, Shift+...
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Ubuntu Studio Launch Sub-menus Don't Show Up

I installed Ubuntu Studio 22.04 over my Linux Mint 21.1 Vera installation on a Windows dual boot system. I am a pro musician but new to Linux. The start/launch menu is not working properly because sub-...
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AppImage menu font size too smalll

Menu font in Audacity AppImage recently installed in Lubuntu 22.10 is almost unreadable because too small. Similar questions have not received satisfactory answers in the past. Tweaks does fix title ...
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How to add .appimage and other files to your taskbar/panels?

So, I'm really writing this just writing this out because there is a surprisingly small amount of people know how to do this, and I saw a post while browsing the inter-webs on https://forums.linuxmint....
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How to disable windows key, to not pop out the Advanced MATE Menu?

I use MATE Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04. Advanced MATE Menu is at the left corner of the top panel. Compared to the classic menu, the advanced menu has search ability, which I feel is more convenient. But ...
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Cannot remove a desktop entry

In the lxqt panel of Lubuntu, I have a wine submenu with some uninstalled games. I don't know how to remove them because there is no such files in /usr/share/applications.
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Keyboard shortcut to launch dmenu

I've got a snippets file in my home directory with two simple commands ls whoami Running the following terminal command utilizes dmenu to allow me to select a line in my snippets file and pipe the ...
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Empty application group in program overview can't be deleted

I uninstalled 3 apps that I had placed into a 'group' in the Ubuntu 22.04 menus. The empty group remains but can't be removed in any obvious way. It needs to go. How can I delete it?
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Hide Top Bar in Gnome (Workspaces)

Is there any way to eliminate the top bar for all workspaces which are not the first/main one? I mean, a tweak or files to edit so only the main workspace shows a top bar on top.
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How to hide these icons on the menu bar after Ubuntu installation

After installation of Ubuntu 22.10 I decided to hide all those icons on my side menu bar, but there is no way to do this. When I press right-click there are usually two options: "New window" ...
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How to get to the settings panel in 22.10

To put the question into context, I updated from 20.04 to 22.10 and the gear icon area looks like this: I don't know if this is the way it should be (Also do not know why it things I have a laptop ...
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KDE Application Menu too fast

I've been playing around with KDE lately and I'm still trying to learn how to properly customize it. There is 1 thing which is kind of annoying me and maybe you have an idea how to figure it out. The ...
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How to remove duplicate "Send to..."?

For some reason I have duplicate "Send to..." in right click drop down menu. As far as I can see they do exactly the same, open Thunderbird and compose email from same address. I have just ...
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How do I add additional directories to the shortcuts in Nautilus left pane?

When I click on "applications" on the top menu bar, and then select the "files" icon, Nautilus (the default file manager) is opened. In Nautilus, the left pane has a list of ...
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"Always on top" option missing for Firefox/Chrome in 18.04

I have just updated to 18.04, and cannot right-click and get the little menu to select "Always on top" for Firefox/Chrome, but I can do so for the terminal, pdfs, etc. (along with other ...
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GRUB Menu doesn't Show up

I'm dual booting my Windows 10 with Ubuntu Mate, after the installation, Grub Menu doesn't show up. How do I get it to show up? Pls Help
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Upgraded Ubuntu to 22.04.1 from 20.04, and my Start Menu is gone

I upgraded to 22.04.1 LTS, from 20.4 LTS, and it works; but I'm very distressed that the Start Menu has disappeared. This may be due to my having Lubuntu, and upgrading Ubuntu without uninstalling ...
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No Wine menu showing up in main menu

I have uninstalled Wine and then reinstalled a few weeks later, now there is no Wine menu in the main menu. I can't get to anything Wine related. How do I reset the menu so Wine shows up?
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Ubuntu 20.04 with "cinnamon-desktop-environment". The drop-down menu opens on click but closes when I release the button

I have installed "cinnamon-desktop-environment" on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop 64-bit. I am attaching a video in which I open any dropdown menu. Any dropdown menu of any application suffers the ...
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Ubuntu on Raspberry PI

The Help menu and Google Account login are both scrambled. Running on a raspberry Pi 4 with the latest Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS The screen display is OK otherwise.
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What to do with .desktop files that comes in tar.gz

I recently downloaded Blender from its website and when I unpacked the tar.gz archive I found out that there is a blender.desktop file. I know that it is used for creating menu or desktop shortcuts. I ...
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How to hide this 'Applications' menu in Ubuntu?

I have Arc Menu and Dash to panel installed. But the following menu still keeps showing (only on main monitor) How can I hide it?

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