Hide Menu Bar
I have no use for the menu bar in Opera. I can access everything I need via buttons, panels and a few key shortcuts. For some reason though, the ability to toggle the menu bar in Opera with a keyboard shortcut is enabled by default for the Unix platform only. This is how to enable the toggling of the menu bar in Windows also.
- Open Opera Preferences (Alt + P) and click the Advanced tab.
- Select Shortcuts from the left hand side and then click Edit… beside Keyboard setup.
- In the Edit Keyboard setup dialog expand the Application section and scroll down the list until you find "Platform Unix, F11 alt" and select it. (Hint: you can sort this list alphabetically by clicking "Input context and shortcuts")
- Click the Edit… button and remove "Platmform Unix," so it now says just "F11 alt" and press enter to apply the change.
- Now Ok you way out and your done.
If you are unable to find this shortcut simply create a new shortcut with the action "Enable menu bar | Disable menu bar".
If you still want to be able to quickly access your menu bar without pressing Alt + F11, you might like to try one of these buttons.
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2. Cris says…
Thank you for this simple fix.
Posted on Sun 16 Dec, 2007
3. Bb says…
thanks alot. I quit using ff cus i needed a add-on to do such a simple task. thanks again
Posted on Thu 27 Dec, 2007
4. Eric says…
This is the main reason why I didn't want to use Opera over Firefox. That little bit of screen real-estate drove me bonkers.
Posted on Sun 15 Jun, 2008
6. Matt says…
Thanks that's a great help. Spotted 'Platform MCE' on there too. Have you any idea what that means? Can Opera run on a Media Center Extender?
Posted on Mon 18 Aug, 2008
7. axcris says…
I found another solution for this matter here: http://operawiki.info/CustomButtons , "Menu buttons" section...
Posted on Thu 9 Oct, 2008
8. Anonymous says…
Perfect! just what I was looking for,other guids were missing a little details that made all the difference.
Thanks so much.
Posted on Wed 5 Nov, 2008
9. Anonymous says…
AWESOME
Posted on Mon 15 Dec, 2008
10. Anonymous says…
man thats nice. thank you
Posted on Fri 3 Apr, 2009
11. xxx says…
Fantastic! On my netbook I need every pixel available :)
Posted on Tue 21 Apr, 2009
12. FilbertFox says…
Thankyou very much, been looking everywhere for a solution to that.
Posted on Wed 17 Jun, 2009
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1. PsypheR says…
Thank you! Now I don't have to install some script to do that :)
Posted on Sun 14 Oct, 2007