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.

Menus are one of the primary ways to interact with applications in a GUI interface. Menus are typically accessed through one of two ways.

  • Clicking on a particular menu at the top of the screen (e.g. the File menu or Edit menu)

  • Right clicking to bring up a context menu

Menus contain common actions for applications. Often these actions are accessible via keyboard shortcut.

As of Ubuntu version 11.04, application menus are typically found in a global menu at the top of all screens. Before this version, application menus were contained in the application window itself.

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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 believe it does for a dual-boot system). How can I…
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Keyboard shortcut equivalent to right-clicking

I am looking for a keyboard shortcut to raise a context menu using Ubuntu on a MacBook pro. Pressing the keyboard shortcut should have the same effect as right-clicking at the cursor location. On Windows keyboards, there is a dedicated button for…
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Where are the .desktop icon files stored?

What system folder on Ubuntu 12.10 are the main menu .desktop icons stored at??? I am having trouble locating....
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How do I remove "Ubuntu" in the bios boot menu? (UEFI)

See this ubuntu appears in BIOS menu (UEFI) I have this on my Lenovo s205 too. Is there some way to remove "ubuntu" from the menu? I don't even have it installed anymore.
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Application's menu missing from menu bar

I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 and found that menus for many applications do not show on the menu bar, as it is configured in 'Settings > Appearance'. For example: menus for Filezilla, Geary, Libreoffice Writer and Software center do not…
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How do you add "open in terminal" to the right-click mouse menu for folders/directories?

I would like to add it to the default menu (mouse right-click) Like I want to right click on a folder and open it in the terminal. I don't want to have to find the directory in the terminal.
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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.) What I can't figure out is how do you add a new…
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How do I always show (or autohide) menu items in Unity?

Is there any way to have the menu items on window menus always visible? I hate the whole hide and seek thing and have searched Google and here but I'm unable to find anything on how to make them stay visible all the time. Thanks
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Bind Windows key to xubuntu "Start Menu"

Simple problem: I have a fresh xubuntu installation (16.04.1) on a very old notebook. Everything works fine now, but I'd like to toggle the "start menu". (I don't know what it's called in linux sorry :c) I found several solutions telling me to use…
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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 I'm able to run eclipse from the command-line…
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How to remove session entries from LightDM?

I recently added Cairo Dock to my GNOME Shell in 11.10. Cairo Dock is GREAT, but I'm left with one little problem that I'd like to fix: after installing Cairo Dock, LightDM includes two extraneous entries to non-working desktops. (The entries to…
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How do I find the Firefox binary path?

I have Firefox in the start menu, but there are no "properties" like in Windows. How do I find out were Firefox is installed and how do I check the path of link of a menu item?
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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+PrntScr, Alt+PrntScr but no success. I am using…
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How can I add and change items in my Applications Menu?

Occasionally I would like to either remove/disable menu entries or add launchers for programs to my Applications list- how can I do this?
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How to disable lenses in the Dash menu?

How can I disable some lenses in the Dash menu?
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