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How to edit menu setup in Opera?

Thursday, October 27, 2005 9:39:17 AM

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Default menu setup file should not edited as Opera will overwrite it during update. Create a copy of default menu setup as shown below and edit it.

Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Toolbars > Menu setup > [Select] Copy of Opera Standard (If you don't have Copy of Opera Standard then [Select] Opera Standard > Duplicate)

Open menu\standard_menu (1).ini from profile and edit.

After editing, reload menu by activating your modified setup in Tools > Preferences... > Advanced > Toolbars > Menu setup

Remove unmodified sections from your menu setup and Opera will load missing sections from Opera Standard menu setup.

Duplicate Opera Standard menu setup
Duplicate Opera Standard menu setup

Activate Copy of Opera Standard menu setup
Activate "Copy of Opera Standard" menu setup

Edit Opera menu setup

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Comments

Guillaumebilou5404 Monday, April 16, 2007 9:50:10 PM

Very clear thank you. But why do you have to mess around with these friggin mods when a little attention from the folks at Opera would have left it as standard on Windows installations.
I'd prefer that to them wasting time on a half-assed bit torrent modeule or friggin widgets!

Many thanks again.

Unregistered user Thursday, August 23, 2007 8:24:00 PM

chris writes: Looking at this in the hope that it might help solve the problem that I'm unable to access the context/ drop-down menus when click on any of the headings in the menu bar (eg. "FILE";"EDIT"; etc) I've tried creating duplicates & looking at the ini files C:\Documents and Settings\chris\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\opera6.ini and C:\Documents and Settings\chris\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\menu\standard_menu (1).ini The second file is quite lengthy. I was hoping there might be something glaringly obvious there, but I cannot see/interpret it. Prior to this I tried unistalling Opera, then clearing out folders I could find for it, & then got rid of the only registry entry I could find- then installed the latest version. That did not solve it. I've also tried disabling various extensions in Firefox in case they might somehow be affecting Opera. No luck with that. I seems I need some expert advice :) if going to solve this. Any ideas greatly welcomed !

epilos Tuesday, November 6, 2007 11:37:32 AM

can you write please a wiki where each category will be explained:

[Links Panel Item Menu]
[Links Panel Download Menu]
[Document Popup Menu]

etc

they aren't clear enough

thanks

1Canuck Tuesday, November 27, 2007 10:30:12 PM

lol. Ok, so I'm stupid, but when I press CTRL+F12, absolutely nothing happens lol. I was hoping this would be an easy 'tweak', but clearly one needs to be almost a developer to replicate the 'tiny menu' feature from FF. Very frustrating indeed.

Tamil Tuesday, November 27, 2007 10:32:36 PM

Originally posted by 1Canuck:

when I press CTRL+F12, absolutely nothing happens

It is short cut to Preferences.

Tools → Preferences...

Unregistered user Wednesday, December 5, 2007 4:22:04 PM

Anonymous writes: Absoultely How Do You Do This.. Click + Shift to Open in Background.. Opera New Links.. Have Tried Most of the things given here.. Only Getting Shift + Enter to Work.. How do You Interchange Ctrl + Shift to Just Shift +

Keliorikeliori Sunday, December 9, 2007 2:57:05 PM

Is it also possible to modify menu on Opera Portable?

Tamil Wednesday, December 12, 2007 1:25:23 PM

Originally posted by keliori:

Is it also possible to modify menu on Opera Portable?

yes

King NutinKingnutin Wednesday, July 16, 2008 6:28:21 AM

BIG Help. Thanks a lot.

Unregistered user Thursday, November 6, 2008 5:58:34 PM

merans writes: not work on mine provider :(

Unregistered user Saturday, January 24, 2009 4:33:52 PM

Adam writes: How can I do this on Linux. Everything seems to assume I am using Windows. Windows is slow and outdated. Linux, while it may not be popular, is far more advanced. Please post something about doing this on Linux!

Tamil Saturday, January 24, 2009 4:38:02 PM

It is same in Linux also. Did you click the profile link in post?

Unregistered user Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:01:00 PM

Anonim writes: I just unchecked opera:config#Show%20Menu but after restart menu is still visible :( yet this checkbox is UNchecked. I dont have a clue why. Using 9.64, 10 and 10 turbo installed in 3 separate directories. None of them apply this tweak. Any ideas ?

Tamil Saturday, March 14, 2009 1:54:44 PM

Try other methods. See How to toggle/remove menu bar in Opera?

exoduspro Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:10:23 PM

This does not work in Opera 10 beta. There does not seem to be a "menu" directory and "standard_menu.ini" (in profile).

Tamil Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:09:10 AM

Did you duplicate Opera Standard menu?

Paulwakingup Monday, August 17, 2009 8:35:40 PM

Originally posted by exoduspro:

This does not work in Opera 10 beta. There does not seem to be a "menu" directory and "standard_menu.ini" (in profile).



Originally posted by Tamil:

Did you duplicate Opera Standard menu?



I can confirm that. I duplicated it and it popped up in the dialog box as "Copy of Opera Standard". There was nothing in my profile directory, but I found the "standard_menu.ini" (not the duplicate) in what looks to me like a new folder: C:\Program Files\Opera\ui

I did a little search and found the duplicate named "standard_menu(1) in folder: C:\Documents and Settings\myname\Application Data\Opera\Opera\menu

But I couldn't figure out how to get any customised stuff to work - a lot of the menu sections look very different to how I remember them. I changed the name in the [info] section, and it showed up of in the prefs...advanced...toolbars dialog box - but how to get it to work is a little beyond me right now Fixed - see edit comment below bigsmile .

Maybe it's disabled in the Beta? (I'm actually on the Unite version - so there's a lot of Unite stuff in that there menu file too.)

I wonder if Opera have some new information coming on how to tweak ini files?

Edit: I got it to work - I forgot to go back in and select it. But I seem to be getting another problem (not a big one). I posted it on the sticky post on the customisation forum, and also mentioned about the new file locations.

Unregistered user Thursday, October 8, 2009 7:42:50 AM

Anonymous writes: Hi I read your answer in the forums on how to make Opera go to the homepage automatically after opening a new window and it seems that it does not work. I did as you said to edit "Under [Browser File Common Menu] section replace Item, MI_IDM_NEW = New browser window with Item, MI_IDM_NEW = New browser window & Go to homepage," and it does not work. Your help is very appreciated, thank you.

Tamil Thursday, October 8, 2009 8:08:27 AM

Make sure modified menu setup is activated in CTRL+F12 > Advanced > Toolbars > Menu setup

Unregistered user Thursday, October 8, 2009 5:05:14 PM

Anonymous writes: Thanks a lot for your quick response Tamil. It does open up to my homepage if I do File -> New Window, but is there a way to make it so that when I click the shortcut button on my quick launch bar, it opens up my homepage on the new window? I have the additional option of "Opens windows instead of tabs" on and it still opens up as a blank page instead of my homepage. Once again, thanks a bunch.

Tamil Friday, October 9, 2009 12:14:31 AM

It is not possible to open homepage in new window. I may add this to Opera Launcher.

Unregistered user Wednesday, December 16, 2009 3:23:35 AM

Anonymous writes: There is no 'menu' under profile. What does all of this mean? I just want to change the dictionary. Jesus.

Tamil Thursday, December 24, 2009 12:23:39 PM

There is no 'menu' under profile.

Did you duplicate Opera Standard menu setup?

Unregistered user Tuesday, February 2, 2010 2:20:37 PM

Dutchdoc writes: In O10, menu entries seem to be of a different format from prior versions. Where would I find an explanation to the new format?

Tamil Tuesday, February 2, 2010 2:40:37 PM

In O10, menu entries seem to be of a different format from prior versions.

Nope, they are same.

Unregistered user Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:13:21 AM

Anonymous writes: There is no 'profile' menu or 'menu' menu in the Opera directory.

Tamil Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:17:34 AM

Opera directory is profile directory. You have to duplicate Opera Standard menu setup to create menu directory.

Unregistered user Tuesday, March 9, 2010 12:40:22 PM

Anonymous writes: File is: random:~/.opera/menu$ ls standard_menu_1.ini Added the lines for the HTTP proxy. Pressed F12. Result no change

Tamil Tuesday, March 9, 2010 12:48:17 PM

Did you activate modified menu file?

Unregistered user Monday, March 22, 2010 1:57:35 PM

Anonymous writes: I had "o" menu me and now I delete it...I do not know how to get back "o" menu???....can someone tell me.....please....thanks....:)

Tamil Monday, March 22, 2010 2:08:59 PM

File > Show Menu Bar

Unregistered user Wednesday, March 24, 2010 5:45:54 PM

Tosnic writes: I have some modified versions of the opera menu, but the "menu" folder is empty O_O The is one "standard_menu.ini", though. But that one is in the "ui" folder. There is something that looks very much like it could be the right file, however. It is located in the "toolbar" folder. Mine is called "standard_toolbar (3) (1).ini" since I had dublicated a dublicate :-p Alas, the desired line as described by Tamil here (http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=468091) is not contained.

Tamil Wednesday, March 24, 2010 5:50:17 PM

There is something that looks very much like it could be the right file, however. It is located in the "toolbar" folder.

It is toolbar file.

Unregistered user Thursday, March 25, 2010 7:17:47 PM

Tosnic writes: OK. It was all my fault. I had many custom toolbar versions, but only the default menu. After dublicating the default menu it finally showed in teh menu folder. In addition, the trick on the page I linked to works very well. Kudos to you, Tamil!

Daniel HendrycksDanielHendrycks Saturday, April 3, 2010 2:17:51 AM

How can I see the Opera Standard menu ini now?

Tamil Saturday, April 3, 2010 4:51:43 AM

C:\Program Files\Opera\ui\standard_menu.ini

Daniel HendrycksDanielHendrycks Saturday, April 3, 2010 2:00:53 PM

Thanks smile

Tamil Saturday, April 3, 2010 2:13:02 PM

smile

Unregistered user Sunday, April 4, 2010 11:26:41 AM

Anonymous writes: HOW ABOUT THIS FOR A FUCKING TUTORIAL: WHERE THE FUCK IS THE MENU BAR. I CANNOT FIND THE FUCKER. YOU KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WHEN I HAVE TO GO TO A FUCKING GORUM WITH UGLY 10 INCH THICK GLASS WEARING SHIT HEADS TO FIND OUT THE BASIC FUNCTIONALITY OF A NET BROWSER: WHERE'S THE MENU BAR? MAN THIS IS PATHETIC!

Tamil Sunday, April 4, 2010 12:16:33 PM

troll

Daniel HendrycksDanielHendrycks Sunday, April 4, 2010 5:46:52 PM

Originally posted by anonymous:

WHERE'S THE MENU BAR?


Click on the Red O button, than find "Show Menu Bar" wink

cekmece Wednesday, April 7, 2010 9:44:18 PM

can i open babylon dictionary program with menu setup(standard_menu(1).ini manupulation)...

i want to click a word twice time on a webpage and then i want to choose a menu(a option in menu "translate with babylon") for translate... sorry for my english i hope you understand me

Tamil Wednesday, April 7, 2010 11:22:50 PM

Online dictionary or software?

Unregistered user Friday, April 9, 2010 11:03:28 PM

Anonymous writes: yeah I guess I wasn't clever enough either to click the "O" to find the menu bar to get at settings (needed to get to cookie management). Needlessly frustrating. Thanks for the help to the forum.

cekmece Tuesday, April 13, 2010 4:29:20 PM

yes i want to run my babylon software

Tamil Tuesday, April 13, 2010 4:36:02 PM

See Lookup and spell check using WordWeb dictionary/thesaurus post.

cekmece Tuesday, April 13, 2010 9:19:42 PM

i add this line

Item, Babylon = Copy & Execute program, "C:\Program Files\Babylon\Babylon-Pro\babylon.exe"

to [Hotclick Popup Menu] in standard_menu (1).ini.

now i can choose babylon menu and i can open the babylon software but babylon did not translate it(twice clicking word)automaticly...

Tamil Wednesday, April 14, 2010 6:08:03 PM

Sorry, I don't know. Please ask in forums.

Unregistered user Tuesday, April 27, 2010 5:28:52 PM

swg writes: "Anonymous # 4. April 2010, 11:26 Anonymous writes: HOW ABOUT THIS FOR A F*CKING TUTORIAL: WHERE THE F*CK IS THE MENU BAR. I CANNOT FIND THE F*CKER. YOU KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WHEN I HAVE TO GO TO A F*CKING GORUM WITH UGLY 10 INCH THICK GLASS WEARING SH*T HEADS TO FIND OUT THE BASIC FUNCTIONALITY OF A NET BROWSER: WHERE'S THE MENU BAR? MAN THIS IS PATHETIC!" I'm right there with ya bro! Less the profanity though, not usually a good idea to cuss someone you want to help you, but I do understand your frustration! I've been a devout Opera user and promoter since 5.xx. Opera was the "People's Browser" that had features that the big boys (I/E and Netscape) failed to implement. Unfortunately is seems that the concept of slim and fast has gone in favor of "Generation I" and the useless eye candy crap and chat crap support. I want a browser, not a social networking chat crap interface. There is plenty of that garbage around. I prefer txt to icons. 1 - I am from the pre-Windoze/pre-mouse (aka DOS) era that had to READ and TYPE what the options were, 2- I find it difficult to "see" what the "lil pics" mean due to my aging vision. Many look too much the same or unrecognizable to be useful to me. I cant be the only Opera/Windoze/Internet user that has these complaints. I wonder if there are any of the original development team left, or did they hire a batch of M$ I/E and Media Player developer rejects? (aka Bloatwares 'R' Us.) Jeez guys get off the bloatware bandwagon and back to slim, fast and *useful feature* rich browser development. I love the duplicate page, % sizing, content blocking, download panel layout, image toggle, flashcrap blocker addon, and most of the customize capabilities. One thing Firefox has ya smoked on though, DYNAMICLY CONTROLLABLE JAVASCRIPT BLOCKING. Get with the proggy guys, js is a fair page TOOL, but just like flash and shock crap, severely abused by a$$hole and ignorant page designers. One other feature I'd like to see added is a means to kill embedded audio file playback. That is extremely annoying. Also bring back the extensions to the cache files. It's hard to find an offending file in the cache now. We want a browser that lets us enjoy the 'net, not fight to keep from wasting bandwidth on garbage. Screw the eye candy, leave that to the skin "script kiddies".

Unregistered user Tuesday, April 27, 2010 6:57:57 PM

swg writes: Ok. New issue. I did find the means to kill audio files (once I got the menus back ) Now I want to have the close X for the tab back at the top of the page. In previous versions, turning off the "close button on tabs" option re-instated it at the top (on the menu bar) Is this another Aw SH*T for Team Opera 10.XX? I dont care for the X on the tab. Same goes for Firefox. It is too easy to hit the X accidentally when the tab bar gets crowded. Yes it's recoverable via the trashcan icon, but an unecessary step if it properly configured. Always fixin stuff that aint broken. You guys work for the govt? Please leave the GUI alone.

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