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Commonly referred to as the Panel in Unity and GNOME desktop environments, except for cases in which it is used to describe a true menu bar in an application.

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LibreOffice menu bar problem

Any idea of why does this happen? I don't know why this happened, suddenly it displayed that way. Please see the screenshot below I would appreciate any help concerning this issue. Thanks!
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Global menu bar in Ubuntu gnome 17.10

Does anyone know if it is possible at all to display the global menubar in apps from the main ubuntu repository? I have found very odd that is missing in apps like pinta (show below), GIMP or Gpaint ...
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Top application menu missing links after upgrade to 17.10 [duplicate]

Recently after upgrading to ubuntu 17.10 the top application menu is missing most of its links: This is happening for all applications, a few may have more links in the dropdown like terminal, most ...
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Shortcut to access menu bar

I turned off the menu bar on Okular and cannot get it to show up again such that I can set it to be permanently displayed. Is there a keyboard shortcut I can use to do this? (Similar to this ...
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How to reinstall gnome classic clock in 16.04

I had a problem with my menu-bar clock and date after some wrong fiddling the clock disappeared. I couldn't figure out how to reinstall it. I did see receive some suggestions, but none of them worked ...
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The style of menubar and right-click context menu is gone for all gnome apps

The style of menubar and right-click context menu is gone for all gnome apps. For example gnome-calculator, eog were broken, but gitk is good. Here's the screenshot. I've tried to re-install gnome-...
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Synaptic menu bar action icons inconsistent

Hi all, two of the action icons - "Mark All Upgrades" and "Apply" - on my Synaptic package manager menu bar are different. I would like them to be like the "Reload", "Properties" and "Search" buttons. ...
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Why is there duplicate menu options in global menu on Ubuntu 16.10?

When I open certain apps in ubuntu 16.10 I can see 2 menus appear at the top global menu bar. For example if I open resource monitor app at the top it displays "resource monitor resource monitor". ...
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Menu bar hover not working after menu already open

This is a bit confusing to explain but I will do my best. I recently upgraded from 16.04 to 16.10 and the behavior of my menu bar has changed slightly. So before when I would click on a menu drop ...
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GVim menu bar is not working

I am using vim for some time now and wanted to start using it for my latex files as well. Since the tutorials on the vim-latex homepage use the gui version of vim to include templates etc., I thought ...
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Ubuntu-desktop (file, edit, help, etc...) missing from panel after unity --reset [duplicate]

After running unity --reset to fix a Compiz plug-ins problem, the dropdown menus (file, edit, help, etc...) that normally appear on the left end of the menu bar when the desktop is in focus are ...
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Nautilus title bar menus have disappeared in 16.10

I have two systems that I did an in place upgrade from 16.04 to 16.10 and both are missing the menu options in Nautilus. I get the file menu option but the option under it are incomplete as in this ...
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How to remove the panel's menu-bar, and decorations for all local windows under Gnome?

I'm running Gnome version 3.4.1 and the script in charge of disabling menu-bar and decorations will run locally (no sudoing). It might have to do with gconftool-2, gsettings or compiz (all available ...
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No menu in some applications

Suddenly in some application Ubuntu stopped showing the menu bar (having buttons for maximize, minimize, close) and also it only starts them on the top left corner, and without the menu bar moving ...
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How to hide the menu bar in Geany

While configuring a Lubuntu 14.04.5 live version, I need to open a lightweight editor in a robust way, to do so I need to get ride of the menu bar, so the file to be edited can only be saved by ...
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LibreOffice blank menu bar after launch until reload LibreOffice GUI

After launch LibreOffice (5.2.1.2) there is a blank menu bar which acts like normal menu bar, but looks a little buggy. After any reload of running LibreOffice it causes that this bar disappear, like ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 menus are always displayed

I recently upgraded from 14.04 to 16.04 LTS, and although the system works properly and is generally stable, there is an issue that bugs me. For the windows that have a menu bar, it is always ...
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Application Menu in different place after elevating privileges

I am on Ubuntu 16.04. I have set my application menus (file, edit, view, help etc.) to be in window's title bar and always visible. (see here) When I run applications like bleachbit or gedit or ...
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Configure Unity to show the full app name in menu bar

Is it possible to configure the Unity menu bar to not truncate the app name in the menu bar. If that is not possible, can the length allowed for the app name be adjusted? Edit I am trying to find ...
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integrate wine menu bars with ubuntu

I've seen that it is possible to integrate Java Swing menu bars with the Unity Panel here. Is there anyway to do the same with Windows applications running with Wine?
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How do I install Unity global menu in a manual install of Firefox Developer Edition?

In Firefox Developer Edition, I'd like the title bar to change to the menu bar on hover. I've seen advice you can do this by setting the option "ui.use_unity_menubar" to true in about:config, but that ...
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Application's upper menu bar does not merge with the Panel when window is full size

Is anyone else having this problem on Ubuntu 16.04?
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How to stop menu bar appearing in full screen mode when switch desktops?

In Ubuntu 16.04 with Unity I have multiple desktops enabled and several applications running in full screen mode (Firefox and terminal). When I switch from one to another the menu bar appears for ...
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Why does the menu bar appear only when the window is maximized?

My problem is that most graphical programs don't have a menu bar (File, Edit, View, etc.) when not on full screen (maximized) native built-in Ubuntu programs or third party stuff alike from VLC to ...
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Removing global menu bar Ubuntu 16.04

I like that when I hover the cursor over the menu bar and the options appear. However, find it's annoying that all the menu bars are at the top of the desktop. I tried removing them with: sudo apt-...
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Ubuntu 16.04: Menu Bar (Sublime Text, Terminal, etc) missing

It only appears when run with sudo.
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Some applications can't show up in Panel on Ubuntu 16.04

Nautilus, gedit, gvim, LibreOffice, Audacious and gimp have no application menu so that I can't find File,Edit, etc.. But Google Brower, Firefox and Okular is ok. No menu bar display: Has menu bar ...
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Skype icon doesn't show up on app indicator on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial

When I log in to Skype, the Skype icon doesn't show up on the app indicator (tray/menu bar right side) on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial. I've tried the installing the libappindicator1 as suggested here, and it ...
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How to customize Whisker menu for XFCE?

I really don't like the Whisker menu, I can't uninstall programs from it, customize it (change the colour, make categories, change the name of a program, or the icon of a program), and worst of all ...
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Launcher and menu bar have disappeared on Ubuntu 15.10

Yesterday, I uninstalled several applications. When I rebooted the computer, I found that the launcher and menu bar had disappeared and every function related to them has gone. I read this post: ...
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Unity menu bar into title bar integration stopped working for gnome-terminal

Today when I started gnome-terminal, the menu bar was not integrated into the title bar as usually. Only the Terminal menu point is correctly integrated, all others show up in a separate menu bar. ...
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How to show the menu bar in Thunar in Xubuntu 15.10?

I accidentally hid the menu bar in the Thunar file manager, how can I make it visible again?
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Changing themes and icons with Unity or Ubuntu Tweak, but getting same menu bar "defaults"

On Ubuntu 15.10, using Unity or Ubuntu tweak, I can change my Theme and Icons. But for some Icon sets, the menu bar icons seem to be the same. For example, this is what the menu icons for "Breeze-...
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Dedicated menu bar inside a window in Ubuntu 15.04 with Unity

Does somebody know how to configure Ubuntu 15.04 with Unity to show menu bars inside a window without covering the window title? I know it is possible to display the menu bar inside the title bar ...
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How to remove the network icon from the menu bar?

I clicked on the WiFi Network symbol in Applications to many times and I now have 8 Network connection icons in my menu bar. I didn't realize till to late that it was adding them to the menu bar. I ...
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Menu bar missing in gedit

I don't know what I did in gedit (and nautilus), but menu bar gone away. Here a screenshot. Actually, menu bar changed but I like the "classic" way, with "File, Edit...". What I did wrong and how I ...
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Menu and Title bars have disappeared

My menu and title bars have disappeared. All was well until I started my HP Probook 4520s this morning. I can get to settings by right-clicking on the desktop and all seems well. I have installed ...
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How to show the menus for a window in the window's title bar in KDE Plasma 5

I installed both the 'appmenu-qt' and 'appmenu-qt5' packages on a fresh install of Kubuntu 15.04. Then I looked in 'System Settings > Application Style', but found no options to enable the appmenu. ...
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Always show menu even in unfocused windows

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04. Recently I found out, that I can enable to always show the menu in the title bar of a window by using this console command: gsettings set com.canonical.Unity always-show-menus ...
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Installed ReText without menu bar!

I just install ReText using sudo apt-get install retexton my ubuntu 14.04 LTS. It doesn't have a menu bar. And i didn't find configuration file either. Can anyone help me?
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Can I move or hide the unity panel so my browser tabs appear at the very top of the screen?

I really like Ubuntu, but one minor annoyance I've always had with it is that, when using a web browser that places its tabs at the top of the application (Chrome in my case, though Firefox does this ...
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Menu bar has disappeared 14.10 - nvidia

I had some issues on upgrade 14.04->14.10 that others have reported with nvidia drivers failing to update, but it was working fine. I just rebooted and the menu bar is missing, there are desktop ...
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How to copy my home directory into another user?

I am running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I think one of the updates damaged something. I now have no menus. I did discover that I can create a second user. This user has all functioning menus. My goal is to ...
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How to reset scale menu size back to default?

Accidentally I set the scale menu size to 6. This resulted to both menu and bar occupy half of my screen. I tried to restore it but the window of the settings cannot be re sized, so, it's not possible ...
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Strange Menu Bar

More often than not, when I boot into Ubuntu, the menu bars are completely white and non-transparent. Many of the icons are different too. All my folders and jar files are also just white sheets of ...
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How to let Virtualbox guest capture the full screen (including system bar area)?

I am using a Windows 7 (64 bit) guest with an Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit) host. I just recently upgraded to Virtualbox 4.3.16 r95972, although this problem appeared before upgrade--at the very least in the ...
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Dark menu item on dark menu background

I recently decided to go back to Ubuntu's default "Ambiance" theme in Unity, but doing so resulted in dark text on dark menus (like the one in the attachment), which I find hard to read! This only ...
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Locally integrated menus (menus in title bars) only working selectively [closed]

I upgraded to 14.04 and enabled locally integrated menus. However, they seem to work on a randomly selective basis. I've tried a few applications out - Firefox and LibreOffice work, but Terminal and ...
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The menu-bar of any application should allways be displayed [duplicate]

How can I allways show the menu-bar (File, Edit...) of every application? not only when I move the pointer to the top, that is cumbersome. edit: But now I (also) have to move the pointer to the top ...
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GUI problems: black boxes and bottom menu bar

After rebooting Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS i unexpectedly saw menu bar not in the top (as always) but in the bottom. 'Hidden' menu bar in the top are still working, e.g. i can restart operating system. See ...
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