Ubuntu is a popular Linux distribution that is known for its user-friendly interface and wide range of applications. One of the features that sets Ubuntu apart from other distributions is its local menus. Local menus are menus that are specific to a particular application or window. For example, if you open a file manager window, the file manager might have its own menu with options specific to that window. This can be helpful if you want to quickly access specific options without having to open the main menu. To enable local menus in Ubuntu, follow these steps:
- Open the System Settings application by clicking on the System icon in the top left corner of your desktop screen.
- Click on Appearance and then on Keyboard.
- Under “Keyboard Shortcuts,” click on the “Local Menus” tab. ..
The Global menu is a feature in Ubuntu that places the menu bar for each application on the bar at the top of the screen. If you don’t like the Global menu, you can move the menu bars back to the program title bars.
Disabling the Global menu in Ubuntu 13.10 involved removing a specific package that provided the Global menu. As of Ubuntu 14.04, there is now a setting that allows you to easily disable the Global menu, if you don’t like it, and enable the local menus on the program title bars. We’ll show you how to change this setting.
To enable the local menus, click the System Settings icon on the Unity bar.
On the System Settings dialog box, click the “Appearance” icon in the Personal section.
On the Appearance screen, click the “Behavior” tab. Under Show the menus for a window, click the “In the window’s title bar” option.
Click the “X” button in the upper-left corner to close the Settings dialog box.
The change is effective immediately. You do not need to log out or restart. The menu bar for each program is moved to the title bar of the respective program.
If you decide you want the Global menu back, simply change the setting to the “In the menu bar” option.
Note that, because the menu bar is on the title bar of each program, the menus disappear when the mouse is not on the title bar. Simply move the mouse over the title bar to access the menus.
