How do I show the menubar?

Halo · 07-16-2013, 02:47 PM

I was looking at the toolbar section of the preferences and noticed that I could add items to a menubar. I added the "Add books" action to the Current Actions columns for the menubar, but when I restart calibre, I do not see the menubar. Well, to be specific, I see the menubar with my "Add books" item for about one second when the calibre window opens, but before calibre finishes drawing the user interface in the window. Once the window is done updating, the menubar disappears.

Is there a setting to tell calibre to display the menubar?

Using calibre 0.9.39 on Windows 7.

PeterT · 07-16-2013, 03:00 PM

Remember there are two menubars; one with no device attached; one with a device attached.

theducks · 07-16-2013, 03:13 PM

Tool Bar not Menubar (unless you want Text only) which is at the tippy-top

As an Alternate, I place Items I want to see all the time on the Second Toolbar or the Menu bar (the one without Icons)

Halo · 07-16-2013, 03:13 PM

Yes, of course.

I completely missed that I was charging my phone on the USB port. I unplugged the phone and now the menu item shows up exactly as I expected.

Thanks, Peter!

Halo · 07-16-2013, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Tool Bar not Menubar (unless you want Text only) which is at the tippy-top

Menubar is what I want as I'm trying to reduce the number of items on the tool bar. But Peter's comment pointed me to the solution, and it's working as expected now. Thanks!

DoctorOhh · 07-16-2013, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halo

Menubar is what I want as I'm trying to reduce the number of items on the tool bar. But Peter's comment pointed me to the solution, and it's working as expected now. Thanks!

If your goal is to reduce the items on the toolbar you might want to investigate using the Favourites Menu plugin. Additionally take advantage of the right click context menus for the library and cover browser. I attached my menus as an example what I did, YMMV.

07-16-2013, 02:47 PM	#1
Halo Connoisseur Posts: 96 Karma: 72130 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA Device: Sony PRS-505, Kindle DX 1st Gen, Kindle Fire 1st Gen	[solved] How do I show the menubar? I was looking at the toolbar section of the preferences and noticed that I could add items to a menubar. I added the "Add books" action to the Current Actions columns for the menubar, but when I restart calibre, I do not see the menubar. Well, to be specific, I see the menubar with my "Add books" item for about one second when the calibre window opens, but before calibre finishes drawing the user interface in the window. Once the window is done updating, the menubar disappears. Is there a setting to tell calibre to display the menubar? Using calibre 0.9.39 on Windows 7. Last edited by Halo; 07-16-2013 at 03:18 PM.

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07-16-2013, 03:00 PM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,285 Karma: 78869092 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Remember there are two menubars; one with no device attached; one with a device attached.

07-16-2013, 03:13 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,891 Karma: 59840954 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Tool Bar not Menubar (unless you want Text only) which is at the tippy-top As an Alternate, I place Items I want to see all the time on the Second Toolbar or the Menu bar (the one without Icons)

07-16-2013, 03:13 PM	#4
Halo Connoisseur Posts: 96 Karma: 72130 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA Device: Sony PRS-505, Kindle DX 1st Gen, Kindle Fire 1st Gen	Yes, of course. I completely missed that I was charging my phone on the USB port. I unplugged the phone and now the menu item shows up exactly as I expected. Thanks, Peter!

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