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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by A Former User

      Hello, I've just recently switched to Opera from FF and have been using Chrome for some time...
      both browsers have their menu at the far right where it's comfortable to access, where the current menu is in a rather unusual place...

      How can I disable the Opera menu??
      I would even be happy with a more standard menu as shown on this page:
      http://www.freeemailtutorials.com/operaM2/hide-or-show-the-menu-bar-classic-menus-in-opera-web-browser.php
      but this browser is chrome-based, so it should have a chrome-style menu position right??

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        You can't. Opera, like most chromium-based browsers, do not have a way to change their user interface.

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          hmm... could I make this a request then?
          back when I used Opera 12 I always disabled that menu...
          it's just super annoying with it's position

          I get that it's a ploy on the app icon menu, but the devs should at least respect the users who don't use that...
          it's not like an option couldn't be built into the settings 😕

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          • A Former User
            A Former User last edited by

            You can make whatever you wish. The problem is that it is really difficult or even impossible to implement what you ask.

            And please do not mention vivaldi does have that option. In order to have this, and many more, vivaldi is made in a crappy, resource hungry toolkit (electron), while opera (and chrome/chromium) are made on a mainstream one (gtk).

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            • A Former User
              A Former User @Guest last edited by

              @jimunderscorep don't worry, I know Opera uses a super optimized engine, and I absolutely love it!
              it's better than pretty much any other chromium-based browser out there, including Comodo Dragon. 😉

              but yeah, I've built a GUI in raw OpenGL before, so it can't be too difficult 🙂
              (my GUI even used stacked layers with single-layer transparency by abusing the depth buffer)

              I've also worked with Qt before and even wrote my own struct-highlighting hex viewer...
              I'm sure gtk is at least somewhat similar...
              but I still doubt the difficulty level is anywhere near impossible. 😉
              it may even be easier than percieved.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                @tcll5850 There are probably some of them in the 'suggestions and feature requests' forum.

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                • l33t4opera
                  l33t4opera last edited by l33t4opera

                  Hi @tcll5850, try to launch (or make a shell script) the Opera as follows:
                  XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity /usr/bin/opera

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User @l33t4opera last edited by

                    @l33t4opera said in How can I disable the Opera menu?:

                    XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity /usr/bin/opera

                    yeah, that didn't disable the annoying menu position I'm afraid...
                    otherwize I already have a launcher widget in an xfce4-panel at the top of my screen for a makeshift mac-bar doing the same thing.
                    I don't even have unity desktop on my system 😛

                    so yeah, not much help I'm afraid, but thanks for trying. 🙂

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                    • l33t4opera
                      l33t4opera @Guest last edited by

                      Hi @tcll5850, it should disable the Opera's menu, even you don't have Unity ;-)

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                      • A Former User
                        A Former User @l33t4opera last edited by A Former User

                        @l33t4opera said in How can I disable the Opera menu?:

                        Hi @tcll5850, it should disable the Opera's menu, even you don't have Unity ;-)

                        alright, I tried it in a launcher command ( building a launcher to a shell script is a B ) 😛
                        0_1526955988039_Opera_launcher.png
                        ^ I expected an error with this, but needed to try anyways, and yep:
                        0_1526956042919_Opera_error.png

                        I dug around in the xfce4 panel configs to text-edit my launcher, and it turns out the launcher was already set for Unity to begin with, but I added the var anyways to see if it did anything, and nope 😛
                        0_1526956143532_Opera_launcher_text.png

                        if needed I can try a shell script, but I hate setting those up... lol
                        anything else you could recommend??
                        thanks btw 🙂

                        EDIT:
                        if you're wondering why I use --disable-gpu, it's because I have a dual-monitor setup, dedicating 1 GPU per monitor.
                        doing this allows me to drag the browser across monitors.

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                          • l33t4opera
                            l33t4opera @Guest last edited by l33t4opera

                            Hi @tcll5850, if you don't want to make a shell script, then replace the "Command" line as follows:sh -c 'XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity && /usr/bin/opera --disable-gpu' , and see if this helps.

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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User @l33t4opera last edited by

                              @l33t4opera ah yep, it's a start, but now there's no menu at all
                              lol
                              thanks though, and sorry for misunderstanding 😉

                              is there some sort of extension that can add it back in the proper place??

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                              • sgunhouse
                                sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                Were you really asking how to stop the Alt key from displaying the menu, perhaps?

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User @sgunhouse last edited by

                                  @sgunhouse no, it's just awkward and annoying to have the menu at the top left rather than the right.

                                  on a side note, I'm not complaining about not having integrated window buttons because I just stretch the window frame rater than maximize it.

                                  but back when I'd used Opera 12 I disabled the Opera menu for the standard menu, but that's before I switched to Comodo Dragon on WindowsXP, and then Chromium > Chrome > Firefox on Linux

                                  now that I'm finding out I can't even get the standard menu, it's rather annoying...

                                  reason I'm using Opera again is because I found out it was more secure than Comodo Dragon, and far less memory intrusive than Firefox.

                                  I only switched to FF because Chrome (for being more secure than FF) started using 3GB on startup (1 tab), and I only have 4GB.

                                  but with FF, I could only open about 3 tabs before it started using 2GB.

                                  with Opera, I currently have 4 tabs open and I'm not even using 1GB. 🙂

                                  I'm happy the Opera menu is disabled, but now I don't even have a menu to access... heh
                                  that's why I was asking if there was an extension.

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                                  • l33t4opera
                                    l33t4opera @Guest last edited by

                                    Hi @tcll5850, depending on your distro, search for the package like "xfce4-appmenu-plugin", and if you find it install it, then right-click on one of your panels, click "Add new items", and add "AppMenu plugin". After that, when you run an application e.g. Opera, you should be able to see its menu on the panel;-)

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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User @l33t4opera last edited by

                                      @l33t4opera O_O
                                      ... huh....
                                      I mean...
                                      I did ask for a solution...
                                      but, I was expecting inside opera...
                                      lmao, that's interesting ;D
                                      and a nice way to avoid the expected solution XD

                                      welp, guess that tells me there's nothing available yet...
                                      that's unfortunate -.-

                                      hopefully someone can build an extension that looks like the Chrome menu.
                                      (that's including me if I ever have room on my plate, and time to learn, but by that time Opera devs may simply move the Opera menu)

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                                      • A Former User
                                        A Former User last edited by

                                        just came back to opera after a long break. that menu.... i just cant get used to it 😞 also want a way to remove it

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                                        • A Former User
                                          A Former User last edited by

                                          +1 . I agree! At least the "Menu" caption visibility could be configurable because it is a waste of space (opera icon access for menu is enough)

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