How to configure Windows Menus in STANDARD Menu Bar

lysakowski · 09-29-2022, 11:30 PM

How do I configure a standard Windows Menu Bar, instead of the Toolbar-style icons currently at the top of the Calibre screen.

Is there an existing Menu profile with the standard Windows 10 menus below?

File... (Open..., Save, Save As, Close, etc.),
Edit... (book),
View...(PDF, ePub, ),
Search...,
Convert...,
Manage Library...,
Preferences,
Help (Tutorials, Manual, Online, Search,
etc.

Or how about just text-based menus, rather than the big, spacing-consuming icons?

I am a Windows user and have spent decades learning and using Windows. Having standard Windows-style menus on a menu bar will help me be more productive, and take less time searching for functions within Calibre.

Thank you.

Richard

theducks · 09-30-2022, 12:09 AM

You can just use Preferences:Toolbars & Menus to reassign most of the Icons to the Menu Bar (will become Text only)
There are a few that probably wont work, those are When device is connected
My current Menubar is Preferences, Help, Fetch News

BetterRed · 09-30-2022, 12:15 AM

In Preferences->Toolbars & Menus put what you want in the Menu bar and remove everything from the Main tool bar, and you'll get something like this:

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Or change the Toolbar settings in Look & Feel->Main Interface like this:

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And you'll get something like this

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BR

09-29-2022, 11:30 PM	#1
lysakowski Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Boston area Device: Adobe Acrobat, iPad 2, Android Phone, Windows 10	How to configure Windows Menus in STANDARD Menu Bar How do I configure a standard Windows Menu Bar, instead of the Toolbar-style icons currently at the top of the Calibre screen. Is there an existing Menu profile with the standard Windows 10 menus below? File... (Open..., Save, Save As, Close, etc.), Edit... (book), View...(PDF, ePub, ), Search..., Convert..., Manage Library..., Preferences, Help (Tutorials, Manual, Online, Search, etc. Or how about just text-based menus, rather than the big, spacing-consuming icons? I am a Windows user and have spent decades learning and using Windows. Having standard Windows-style menus on a menu bar will help me be more productive, and take less time searching for functions within Calibre. Thank you. Richard

09-30-2022, 12:15 AM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,558 Karma: 26954694 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	In Preferences->Toolbars & Menus put what you want in the Menu bar and remove everything from the Main tool bar, and you'll get something like this: Or change the Toolbar settings in Look & Feel->Main Interface like this: And you'll get something like this BR

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,785 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	You can just use Preferences:Toolbars & Menus to reassign most of the Icons to the Menu Bar (will become Text only) There are a few that probably wont work, those are When device is connected My current Menubar is Preferences, Help, Fetch News