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The top, "File, Edit..." menu is gone from all my KDE program windows. Not sure what I changed.

I tried ctrl+m, looked in EVERY setting I can find for days but can not find a way to get my File menu back.

Best I can do is add a an item to the Title Bar buttons for, "Application Menu" which is ok but not what I want.

Menus gone

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I've faced the same problem for quite a long time, trying all possible intuitive tricks and tips, but there's no change even after updating to Ubuntu 22.04 (KDE Plasma 5.24.7).

Today by chance I found the toggle! Now menu bars are back where a common user would expect them. I don't need to press Alt+F anymore to scroll out File options from top left corner of the main screen and move by keyboard arrows in the menu.

How to: Go to Settings -> Startup and Shutdown -> Background Services -> Startup Services -> turn off Application menus daemon.

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U Buntů
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    I feared it would deactivate the "Window AppMenu" widget inside The Panel bar. No, after disabling it, it really only shows the menu bar inside the window of non-KDE-applications. For some reason, it still hides the menu bar in KDE applications such as Dolphin or Settings (either coded or another config). So I still need the "Window AppMenu" widget for KDE-applications. In other cases it shows the menu bar twice. It can be turned into a "hamburger button" (in the configurations of the widget choose "use single button for application menu") or only show for maximized apps. Yet another trade-off – ChrisoLosoph Feb 17 '24 at 02:05
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You can add Global-menu widget and from there you have a menubar, resembling Gnome style.

  • Right click on a panel
  • Click "Add widgets"
  • Search for "Global menu"

It will look like nothing happened but when you next select an application with a menu, it will populate with options.

You can configure it too

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  • This description is incomplete. You need to right-Click on "The Panel" (i.e. the "status bar" where your applications or the application launcher icon is shown). Then you can find the "Add Widgets…" context menu entry. – ChrisoLosoph Feb 17 '24 at 01:44
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You have to remove (drag it out) the three-line button from the screen you are showing. Then ctrl(+shift)+m will work

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