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How to toggle/remove menu bar in Opera?

Sunday, June 25, 2006 12:40:20 PM

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Toggle menu bar using keyboard shortcut
Toggle menu bar using button
Main menu as submenu in right click menu
Main menu via keyboard shortcut
Remove menu bar

Toggle menu bar using keyboard shortcut (ALT+F11)

In your keyboard setup, delete Platform Unix before F11 alt under Application section.

Opera menu bar
Before

Opera menu bar disabled
After

Toggle menu bar using button

Drag & drop Menu (click arrrow to view menu items or click Menu to enable/disable menu bar) or Menu (click to view menu items or click & hold to enable/disable menu bar) button to any toolbar.

Opera menu button
Click Menu to toggle menu bar & arrow to show menu items

Main menu as submenu in right click menu

In your menu setup, add Submenu, Menu, Browser Menu Bar under [Document Popup Menu] section.

Opera main menu as submenu in right click menu
Main menu as submenu in right click menu

Main menu via keyboard shortcut

Create a new keyboard shortcut with action Show popup menu,"Browser Menu Bar"

You can create ALT+F to open File menu, ALT+E to open Edit menu, etc... 

f alt = Show popup menu, "Browser File Menu"
e alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Edit Menu"
v alt = Show popup menu, "Browser View Menu"
b alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Bookmarks Menu"
g alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Widgets Menu"
s alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Feeds Menu"
t alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Tools Menu"
w alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Window Menu"
h alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Help Menu"

Remove menu bar

Uncheck Show Menu and restart Opera.

Updates:
2007: Jul 3, Nov 6

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Comments

Krishnankrishnan Thursday, July 20, 2006 6:55:40 PM

I added the menu but how can i remove the menu on the top?

Tamil Friday, July 21, 2006 2:40:28 AM

Originally posted by Tamil:

Click the text Menu to toggle menu bar & drop arrow to show menu items

Krishnankrishnan Friday, July 21, 2006 7:56:35 PM

Thanks Tamil
Now i got more space thanks a lot up

Unregistered user Saturday, July 22, 2006 3:32:29 PM

HorizonCkr writes: Great One!!! Thanks so much!

...RADicaLMMS Sunday, October 1, 2006 11:35:32 PM

Goodie!

Unregistered user Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:56:14 PM

cristina writes: I'v lost all my toolbars, even the browser menu bar, how do I get them back?

Tamil Friday, October 27, 2006 12:40:53 AM

Originally posted by cristina:

I'v lost all my toolbars, even the browser menu bar, how do I get them back?

SHIFT+F12 ⇒ Toolbars

Unregistered user Wednesday, November 15, 2006 7:18:48 AM

Anonymous writes: How can I remove menu bar in opera (windows xp)? Thank.

Tamil Wednesday, November 15, 2006 8:05:44 AM

How can I remove menu bar in opera (windows xp)?

Did you try Toggle menu bar by keyboard shortcut or Toggle menu bar by button as shown above?

Unregistered user Wednesday, November 15, 2006 8:42:29 AM

Anonymous writes: Yes, certainly. Also tried «opera:config > User Prefs > Show Menu», has not helped. My version 9.02 (8585).

Tamil Wednesday, November 15, 2006 8:55:58 AM

Try once again Toggle menu bar by button and left click the text Menu to remove menu bar and then right click Menu and click Remove from toolbar.

Unregistered user Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:46:06 AM

Anonymous writes: Big thanks, very nice.

Nxqd3051990 Thursday, December 21, 2006 2:27:52 PM

It's really cool, thanks so much smile

--- Thanks for reading and plz comment here --- ((( Nxqd )))

sturew Saturday, February 17, 2007 10:07:00 AM

Alt+F11 are not working. stil missing toolbar. Tips?
how to find application?

Tamil Saturday, February 17, 2007 11:40:34 AM

Originally posted by Loke_en:

Alt+F11 are not working. stil missing toolbar. Tips?

Try Toggle menu bar by button

Originally posted by Loke_en:

how to find application?

Did you see this?

polyphem355 Friday, March 9, 2007 6:58:13 PM

Suggested feature:
Normally, with Menu enabled, Alt will focus on menu.
IE7 has menu hidden by default, appearing only when you hit Alt, then disappearing after your made a selection or switched focus elsewhere.

I would DEARLY LOVE that feature back from IE7

Jamesjamesfaction Wednesday, April 4, 2007 3:19:43 AM

Yeah you can't enable/disable menu bar by just hitting alt, I tried adding that option to the keyboard setup and it wouldn't work!

BUT I assigned enable/disable menu bar to a key that is otherwise unused - the ` key above tab - so it is just a single keystroke to show/hide the menu bar instead of a key combo like alt-F11. THAT worked.

How does that sound?

Yeah thinking about it, it would be good to have alt be a shortcut to that menubar toggle button because when the menu bar itself is disabled, alt does nothing at all...

Douglasdouglas9 Tuesday, April 24, 2007 5:01:13 PM

Thanks........

some1friend Tuesday, May 8, 2007 6:01:29 AM

Thanks......

Everything works fine....but instead of showing "Menu" button in opera, i got a "Enable menu bar" button. How can I rename this to "Menu" only? Can I use any icon instead of the text button....?

Tamil Monday, May 21, 2007 12:49:15 PM

Originally posted by some1friend:

How can I rename this to "Menu" only?

Close Opera, open your toolbar configuration file from toolbar folder in your profile, search for Enable menu bar and post that line.

Can I use any icon instead of the text button....?

yes You have to specify the vaild icon name as shown below.
Enable menu bar, , , , "icon name" | Disable menu bar, , , , "icon name" + Show popup menu, "Browser Menu Bar""

fabian rickettsfabs Friday, June 8, 2007 3:29:25 PM

hi guys, I've got a bit of a weird one hear! i don't seem to have any menu, that is to say, i have the menu bar, but the menus aren't displayed also i cant right click, e.g if i was to highlight a word and try to copy said word, i no longer have this option, very frustrating at the minute, any help would be appreciated! thanks fabian

Tamil Friday, June 8, 2007 3:36:02 PM

@fabs, try CTRL+F12 → Advanced → Toolbars → Menu setup → Opera standard

fabian rickettsfabs Friday, June 8, 2007 4:39:33 PM

thanks for that Tamil, but still no joy!... i also tryed reinstalling, which worked, but only until i close opera, when i open it again im still in the same position! very strange, any other ideas?!

Tamil Friday, June 8, 2007 4:47:26 PM

Try Resetting your Opera profile.

fabian rickettsfabs Saturday, June 9, 2007 10:08:45 AM

got it sorted!turns out i had some bad registry entries in my vista ultimate install for opera, some how! once i got rid of them and reinstall opera, it now works fine! only problem is ive lost my opera backup! HAha

MassimoPetrax Sunday, June 17, 2007 4:55:18 PM

Thank you, your blog is a real gold mine for Opera users :-)
A little question: is it possible to open compact menu with a shortcut, like Alt+M? :-)

Thanks in advance :-)

Tamil Sunday, June 17, 2007 5:13:51 PM

Originally posted by Gesu`:

is it possible to open compact menu with a shortcut, like Alt+M?

yes Create new shortcut with action Show popup menu,"Browser Menu Bar"

You can also create ALT+F to open File menu and so on.
f alt = Show popup menu, "Browser File Menu"
e alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Edit Menu"
v alt = Show popup menu, "Browser View Menu"
b alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Bookmarks Menu"
g alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Widgets Menu"
s alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Feeds Menu"
t alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Tools Menu"
w alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Window Menu"
h alt = Show popup menu, "Browser Help Menu"

MassimoPetrax Monday, June 18, 2007 3:19:07 PM

Thank you, as always it was a simple solution... and I always forget how simple is to manage Opera options :-)
Thanks again!

Khaled KhalilKhaled-Khalil Sunday, July 1, 2007 7:30:07 AM

Originally posted by Tamil:

Create new shortcut with action Show popup menu,"Browser Menu Bar"

thanks again, that's exactly why i came this time, or more accurately can i assign a shortcut for a specific button ? the menu would be better to be shown next to the button rather than in the center, it is ok for me but i am looking for the best looking way to recommend it to other users.

actually i come here frequently but i always find what i was looking for (like this time), so i don't ask, but this time i have two questions:

1: how do you know about opera actions and their properties, i know already this page it list all actions but not their properties (like "Browser Menu Bar" for "Show popup menu"), is their any official page from opera itself about all that ?

2: Congratulation for your blog's new look smile, my question may looks stupid for you, but i wanted to ask you long time ago, who is your avatar ? is he a religeous icon about Hinuism or national icon for Tamil people or south India ? please forgive my ignorance and curiosity.

Tamil Sunday, July 1, 2007 8:06:18 AM

Originally posted by Khaled Khalil:

can i assign a shortcut for a specific button ?

yes you can assign.

Originally posted by Khaled Khalil:

how do you know about opera actions and their properties

I got it from CTRL+M keyboard shortcut.

Originally posted by Khaled Khalil:

is their any official page from opera itself about all that ?

AFAIK, no.

Originally posted by Khaled Khalil:

Congratulation for your blog's new look smile

Thanks.

Originally posted by Khaled Khalil:

who is your avatar ? is he a religeous icon about Hinuism or national icon for Tamil people or south India ?

Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman

Khaled KhalilKhaled-Khalil Tuesday, July 3, 2007 7:07:48 AM

thanks for your reply Tamil

Originally posted by Tamil:

Originally posted by Khaled Khalil:

can i assign a shortcut for a specific button ?

yes you can assign.

Great bigsmile, but how ? confused

Originally posted by Tamil:

Originally posted by Khaled Khalil:

how do you know about opera actions and their properties

I got it from CTRL+M keyboard shortcut.

ctrl+m popup context menu for me (even with opera standard shortcuts), i mean by opera actions those commands for buttons, shortcuts and gestures (like "Go to page", "Minimize page", "Show popup menu" you just mentioned), ok i find the long list from http://operawiki.info/AllActions , but some of them have specific properties (like "bookmarks","contacts","mail" for "manage" action; or like "Browser Menu Bar" for "Show popup menu"), operawiki article doesn't list possible properties for each action worried

Tamil Tuesday, July 3, 2007 7:11:09 AM

For which button do you want to assign shortcut?

Khaled KhalilKhaled-Khalil Tuesday, July 3, 2007 4:04:09 PM

this hide menu button, but i think you got me wrong, i don't mean making a shortcut that do the same job, i mean a shortcut that call the button, for all menu buttons it would be nicer if menus (when called by shortcuts) pop-up next to button like if the menu button is clicked, if this can't be done no problem i am just asking.
anyway, thank you for your patience with me smile

Unregistered user Friday, August 17, 2007 3:20:44 PM

Nylinkert writes: I can't replace the menu text with an image. this is my line: [Customize Toolbar Custom.content] Button0, "Menu"="Enable menu bar, , , "D:\Program Files\Opera\profile\toolbar\panels.png" + Show popup menu, "Browser Menu Bar""

Tamil Friday, August 17, 2007 3:22:47 PM

Originally posted by Nylinkert:

I can't replace the menu text with an image.

You have to place the image inside the zipped skin file.

DarkWorm Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:50:58 AM

The botton is working fine and I successfully added 'f alt' for 'Show popup menu, "Browser File Menu"', also works fine. But I don't manage to add 'm alt' (instead of 'F11 alt') for 'Show popup menu,"Browser Menu Bar"'. Not essential, but it would be nice to have it. OS is Linux if that is important.

No idea what's wrong, can you perhaps give me a hint, please?

TIA
D.

0paulh177 Monday, September 24, 2007 6:36:11 PM

I found when I installed the toggle/dropdown button, it read "Opera menu button" instead of just "Menu", which was 12 chars too wide for me.
After looking at a few posts above I edited standard_toolbar(1).ini replacing the line 
Button3, "Opera menu button"="Enable menu bar, , , "Opera menu button", "Menu" | Disable menu bar, , , , "Menu" + Show popup menu, "Browser Menu Bar""
with
Button3, "Menu"="Enable menu bar, , , "Menu", "Menu" | Disable menu bar, , , , "Menu" + Show popup menu, "Browser Menu Bar""


Unregistered user Monday, January 7, 2008 11:03:14 AM

loxoCTu writes: May i ask you a question: How to disable images on new tabs by DEFAULT, Tamil? Thanks.

Tamil Monday, January 7, 2008 2:28:05 PM

How to disable images on new tabs by DEFAULT, Tamil?

View → Images → No Images

To enable images in a particular tab, press SHIFT+I.

Unregistered user Tuesday, January 8, 2008 11:04:11 AM

loxoCTu writes: i have just known it! [Ctrl F12]->"Web Pages" tab->"Chosse images and zoom settings for new tab": Images: "No Images" Thats what i meant! Thanks anyway.

Unregistered user Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:37:06 AM

loxoCTu writes: i see that when images src is not available, Safari shows a very nice small icon instead! Anybody know how to do this in Opera, the same effect with "Cache Images"?

Tamil Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:56:59 AM

i see that when images src is not available, Safari shows a very nice small icon instead!

Use userjs posted by AyushJ.

Unregistered user Friday, February 29, 2008 5:52:20 AM

Anonymous writes: I followed the instructions to remove the menu bar and it didn't work. I unchecked "show menu", clicked "save" for config, and restarted Opera. Nothing changed. The main menu is still there. I did successfully follow the instructions to add the main menu to the right click menu, for which I'm very grateful! I also successfully followed the instructions to enable keyboard toggling by deleting "Platform Unix", so at least that is a solution to get rid of the menu since the "show menu" thing doesn't work.

rezadotcom Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:11:29 AM

up

Unregistered user Thursday, April 3, 2008 10:56:54 PM

Anonymous writes: Hi, I've added "Submenu, Menu, Browser Menu Bar" as you recommend, but still can't see menu by right click. Is it still working for Opera 9.27? [Document Popup Menu] Submenu, Menu, Browser Menu Bar Item, 50426,=Back Item, 50427,=Forward Item, 67648,=Rewind Item, 67649,=Fast Forward --------------------1 Item, 50428,=Reload Submenu, 200000, Reload Menu ...

Unregistered user Thursday, April 3, 2008 11:08:09 PM

Anonymous writes: oh, my bad - have to choose modified .ini file in preferences. now it's okay.

Miladin MiladinoskiEagleMKD Monday, May 5, 2008 8:37:34 AM

Thank you Tamil I really needed this on windows, because on Linux it works perfectly without changing anything (alt-f11)

Andrew Nguyenandrewnguyen Thursday, June 5, 2008 9:48:41 PM

up Thanks. Makes the new Opera 9.5 skin smaller.

Unregistered user Saturday, June 14, 2008 10:46:08 AM

Anonymous writes: just "Menu" instead of "Opera menu button" 0paulh177, I can't find this line in standard_toolbar.ini or standard_toolbar(1).ini? where is the .ini record for "Opera menu button"?

Unregistered user Saturday, June 14, 2008 11:06:59 AM

Anonymous writes: :cry: i just can make that menu dissapear... it's not working (opera 9.5 final on XP)

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