How to toggle/remove menu bar in Opera?

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

Opera, Right Click Menu, Menu, Menu Bar, Opera FAQ, Keyboard Shortcut, Opera:Config

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After
Toggle menu bar using button

Drag & drop Menu button to any toolbar.

Opera menu button

Click the text Menu to toggle menu bar & arrow to show menu items
Main menu as submenu in right click menu

If you don't know how to edit menu setup see How to edit menu setup in Opera?

Add the following under [Document Popup Menu]

Submenu, Menu, Browser Menu Bar

Opera main menu as submenu in right click menu

Main menu via keyboard shortcut

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

You can also create ALT+F to open File menu directly 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"

Updates:
2007: Jul 3, Nov 6

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Comments

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

By krishnan, # 20. July 2006, 18:55:40

Originally posted by Tamil:

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

By Tamil, # 21. July 2006, 02:40:28

Thanks Tamil
Now i got more space thanks a lot

By krishnan, # 21. July 2006, 19:56:35

HorizonCkr writes:

Great One!!! Thanks so much!

By anonymous user, # 22. July 2006, 15:32:29

Goodie!

By RADicaLMMS, # 1. October 2006, 23:35:32

cristina writes:

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

By anonymous user, # 26. October 2006, 23:56:14

Originally posted by cristina:

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

SHIFT+F12 ⇒ Toolbars

By Tamil, # 27. October 2006, 00:40:53

Anonymous writes:

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

By anonymous user, # 15. November 2006, 07:18:48

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?

By Tamil, # 15. November 2006, 08:05:44

Anonymous writes:

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

By anonymous user, # 15. November 2006, 08:42:29

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.

By Tamil, # 15. November 2006, 08:55:58

Anonymous writes:

Big thanks, very nice.

By anonymous user, # 15. November 2006, 11:46:06

It's really cool, thanks so much

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By Nxqd3051990, # 21. December 2006, 14:27:52

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

By Loke_en, # 17. February 2007, 10:07:00

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?

By Tamil, # 17. February 2007, 11:40:34

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

By polyphem355, # 9. March 2007, 18:58:13

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...

By james.faction, # 4. April 2007, 03:19:43

Thanks........

By douglas9, # 24. April 2007, 17:01:13

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....?

By some1friend, # 8. May 2007, 06:01:29

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....?

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""

By Tamil, # 21. May 2007, 12:49:15

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

By fabs, # 8. June 2007, 15:29:25

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

By Tamil, # 8. June 2007, 15:36:02

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?!

By fabs, # 8. June 2007, 16:39:33

Try Resetting your Opera profile.

By Tamil, # 8. June 2007, 16:47:26

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

By fabs, # 9. June 2007, 10:08:45

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 :-)

By Gesu`, # 17. June 2007, 16:55:18

Originally posted by Gesu`:

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

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"

By Tamil, # 17. June 2007, 17:13:51

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

By Gesu`, # 18. June 2007, 15:19:07

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

, 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.

By Khaled Khalil, # 1. July 2007, 07:30:07