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The newest version of ST3 allows linux users to remove their menu bar, but I fail to see how to bring it back. In Windows, pressing Alt shows the menu, but not so in Linux. How can I get it back? Is there a shortcut I can set, or make it so that Alt shows it?
timetofly
Posted 2013-12-25T20:20:30.513
Reputation: 2 041
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See Show Menu in Sublime:
Ctrl+Shift+p then type vmen
I have yet to figure out how to make it a key binding. Will update when/if I do.
Edit: see jeremija's answer below to see how to set a hotkey.
timetofly
Posted 2013-12-25T20:20:30.513
Reputation: 2 041
3Oy - 2 and 1/2 years later and still no context menu or something to bring it back. – CramerTV – 2016-04-05T00:55:02.057
@Blossoming_Flower - thx - do you also know how to make the menu permanently appear, rather than only being visible when you hover over it with a mouse? – BKSpurgeon – 2017-01-22T05:05:32.453
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If you wish to add a hotkey you can edit your Default (Linux).sublime-keymap file:
key bindings userPreferences: Key Bindings - UserThis should open the Default (Linux).sublime-keymap file. Add this line:
{"keys": ["ctrl+alt+m"], "command": "toggle_menu"}
If your .sublime-keymap file was empty, you should wrap the above in JSON array brackets [ and ], like so:
[
{"keys": ["ctrl+alt+m"], "command": "toggle_menu"}
]
After you save the file, Sublime should reload the hotkey bindings automatically and you should be able to use the CTRL+ALT+M hotkey to toggle the menu bar.
I still miss the ability to show the menu just by pressing ALT+LETTER to open the specific menu automatically, but this (along with the Command Palette) helps a lot.
jeremija
Posted 2013-12-25T20:20:30.513
Reputation: 541
Interestingly, compared to the OP, I had the reverse problem: As of build 3065, it seems they removed the View -> Hide Menu entry. Your solution was the only one that actually made the menu disappear. Thank you so much! – balu – 2014-11-28T20:44:23.140
I'm glad I could help :) The accepted answer also works for me on build 3065. – jeremija – 2014-12-01T10:45:34.580
Ok, this is really strange. Maybe it has something to do with the fact I'm using a tiling window manager (namely, i3). – balu – 2014-12-01T14:32:44.240
It's called View: Toggle Menu, not View -> Hide Menu - maybe that's why you can't find it? P.S. I've never tried i3, but I really like i3lock :) – jeremija – 2014-12-01T14:36:02.810
No, it's really not there. :( – balu – 2014-12-01T15:36:18.283
@balu, I just tried that in i3 and I can see that option in the Command Palette so maybe a sublime package you have installed breaks it somehow. – jeremija – 2014-12-04T08:09:24.950
No, it's been absent since right after installation when I didn't have any packages installed yet. – balu – 2014-12-04T09:40:38.577
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You can simply press "alt+v" ,you will see menu bar then click "show menubar".
Chintan
Posted 2013-12-25T20:20:30.513
Reputation: 131
2Not on Linux: if the menu bar is hidden, Alt+something does nothing. – Tobia – 2016-12-19T11:09:59.850
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Close Sublime.
Edit ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Local/Session.sublime_session
Change all instances of menu_visible to be true, e.g.: "menu_visible": true
Close, save, and restart Sublime.
Peter Kingsbury
Posted 2013-12-25T20:20:30.513
Reputation: 51
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(OpenSuse 13.2)
In the file /home/.config/sublime-text-3/Local/Session.sublime_session
locate this line (around 165) and change the "false" to "true" like this:
"menu_visible": true,
Atakan
Posted 2013-12-25T20:20:30.513
Reputation: 29
1This duplicates another answer and adds no new content. Please don't post an answer unless you actually have something new to contribute. – DavidPostill – 2015-12-05T22:24:51.117
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I found a solution. In terminal:
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/sublime_text.desktop
Add env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 in Exec= before /opt/* as shown in fig.
Enjoy!
Trang Ha Viet
Posted 2013-12-25T20:20:30.513
Reputation: 1
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CTRL+ALT+M worked for me on Ubuntu 16.04
Pedro Abreu
Posted 2013-12-25T20:20:30.513
Reputation: 1
Wow, yeah I just realised the menu is gone now that I want to change projects - this is so very unusable. None of the suggestions below worked for me on Ubuntu 16 LTS with ST3 updates all applied. – danjah – 2016-05-17T10:39:46.417