KDE global menu disappeared in Plasma 5.12

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I upgraded to plasma 5.12 and the global menus disappeared, and the entry in settings (Application Style -> Widget Style -> Fine Tuning) also disappeared.



I tried deleting the plasma* files from ~/.config and also the whole ~/.kde folder thinking it may be some misconfiguration, but none of this helped.



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  • are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

    – user32012
    Jan 17 at 13:53















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I upgraded to plasma 5.12 and the global menus disappeared, and the entry in settings (Application Style -> Widget Style -> Fine Tuning) also disappeared.



I tried deleting the plasma* files from ~/.config and also the whole ~/.kde folder thinking it may be some misconfiguration, but none of this helped.



comparison before and after










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  • are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

    – user32012
    Jan 17 at 13:53













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I upgraded to plasma 5.12 and the global menus disappeared, and the entry in settings (Application Style -> Widget Style -> Fine Tuning) also disappeared.



I tried deleting the plasma* files from ~/.config and also the whole ~/.kde folder thinking it may be some misconfiguration, but none of this helped.



comparison before and after










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I upgraded to plasma 5.12 and the global menus disappeared, and the entry in settings (Application Style -> Widget Style -> Fine Tuning) also disappeared.



I tried deleting the plasma* files from ~/.config and also the whole ~/.kde folder thinking it may be some misconfiguration, but none of this helped.



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  • are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

    – user32012
    Jan 17 at 13:53

















  • are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

    – user32012
    Jan 17 at 13:53
















are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

– user32012
Jan 17 at 13:53





are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

– user32012
Jan 17 at 13:53










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According to announcements you need to add the corresponding Plasma Widget or the menu button from "Window Decorations" settings.




Global Menus have returned. KDE's pioneering feature to separate the menu bar from the application window allows for a new user interface paradigm, with either a Plasma Widget showing the menu, or with the menu neatly tucked away in the window title bar. Setting it up has been greatly simplified in Plasma 5.12: as soon as you add the Global Menu widget or title bar button, the required background service gets started automatically. No need to reload the desktop or click any confirmation buttons!




It works on my machine






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  • Thank you so much! Although I already had that button from the previous version, removing it and adding it again fixed the problem.

    – Nini Michaels
    Feb 23 '18 at 13:36











  • are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

    – user32012
    Jan 17 at 13:53











  • @cipricus, no, I am not. plasmashell 5.14, libreoffice 6.1.4. Global menu widget works fine (actually, it is Active Window Control widget, but it should be irrelevant)

    – grepcake
    Jan 17 at 18:02



















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I tried going to the panel's context menu > Panel Options > Add Panel > Application Menu Bar, but only an empty panel appears at the top of the screen.



If this happens to you:

1. Go to System Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Background Services, and then enable the Application Menus Daemon. Always remember to click Apply!

2. Restart any open applications.






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  • I tried going to the panel's context menu > Panel Options > Add Panel - don't you mean "Add widgets>Global Menu"?

    – user32012
    Jan 17 at 11:55












  • are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

    – user32012
    Jan 17 at 13:54


















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As mentioned briefly in the main answer, although global menus in window titlebar has been replaced by the panel widget "Global menu", they are still available in the window titlebar as a button.



System Settings > Application Style > Windows Decorations > (tab) Buttons - there drag "Application" button on the window bar. Preferably remove the "Menu" button as they look the same.



enter image description here



enter image description here



In Chrome it look like this:



enter image description here:




In Kubuntu 18.04 with Plasma 5.12 and Libreoffice 6.0.7 if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.






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    According to announcements you need to add the corresponding Plasma Widget or the menu button from "Window Decorations" settings.




    Global Menus have returned. KDE's pioneering feature to separate the menu bar from the application window allows for a new user interface paradigm, with either a Plasma Widget showing the menu, or with the menu neatly tucked away in the window title bar. Setting it up has been greatly simplified in Plasma 5.12: as soon as you add the Global Menu widget or title bar button, the required background service gets started automatically. No need to reload the desktop or click any confirmation buttons!




    It works on my machine






    share|improve this answer























    • Thank you so much! Although I already had that button from the previous version, removing it and adding it again fixed the problem.

      – Nini Michaels
      Feb 23 '18 at 13:36











    • are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

      – user32012
      Jan 17 at 13:53











    • @cipricus, no, I am not. plasmashell 5.14, libreoffice 6.1.4. Global menu widget works fine (actually, it is Active Window Control widget, but it should be irrelevant)

      – grepcake
      Jan 17 at 18:02
















    6














    According to announcements you need to add the corresponding Plasma Widget or the menu button from "Window Decorations" settings.




    Global Menus have returned. KDE's pioneering feature to separate the menu bar from the application window allows for a new user interface paradigm, with either a Plasma Widget showing the menu, or with the menu neatly tucked away in the window title bar. Setting it up has been greatly simplified in Plasma 5.12: as soon as you add the Global Menu widget or title bar button, the required background service gets started automatically. No need to reload the desktop or click any confirmation buttons!




    It works on my machine






    share|improve this answer























    • Thank you so much! Although I already had that button from the previous version, removing it and adding it again fixed the problem.

      – Nini Michaels
      Feb 23 '18 at 13:36











    • are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

      – user32012
      Jan 17 at 13:53











    • @cipricus, no, I am not. plasmashell 5.14, libreoffice 6.1.4. Global menu widget works fine (actually, it is Active Window Control widget, but it should be irrelevant)

      – grepcake
      Jan 17 at 18:02














    6












    6








    6







    According to announcements you need to add the corresponding Plasma Widget or the menu button from "Window Decorations" settings.




    Global Menus have returned. KDE's pioneering feature to separate the menu bar from the application window allows for a new user interface paradigm, with either a Plasma Widget showing the menu, or with the menu neatly tucked away in the window title bar. Setting it up has been greatly simplified in Plasma 5.12: as soon as you add the Global Menu widget or title bar button, the required background service gets started automatically. No need to reload the desktop or click any confirmation buttons!




    It works on my machine






    share|improve this answer













    According to announcements you need to add the corresponding Plasma Widget or the menu button from "Window Decorations" settings.




    Global Menus have returned. KDE's pioneering feature to separate the menu bar from the application window allows for a new user interface paradigm, with either a Plasma Widget showing the menu, or with the menu neatly tucked away in the window title bar. Setting it up has been greatly simplified in Plasma 5.12: as soon as you add the Global Menu widget or title bar button, the required background service gets started automatically. No need to reload the desktop or click any confirmation buttons!




    It works on my machine







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    answered Feb 22 '18 at 23:12









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    • Thank you so much! Although I already had that button from the previous version, removing it and adding it again fixed the problem.

      – Nini Michaels
      Feb 23 '18 at 13:36











    • are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

      – user32012
      Jan 17 at 13:53











    • @cipricus, no, I am not. plasmashell 5.14, libreoffice 6.1.4. Global menu widget works fine (actually, it is Active Window Control widget, but it should be irrelevant)

      – grepcake
      Jan 17 at 18:02


















    • Thank you so much! Although I already had that button from the previous version, removing it and adding it again fixed the problem.

      – Nini Michaels
      Feb 23 '18 at 13:36











    • are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

      – user32012
      Jan 17 at 13:53











    • @cipricus, no, I am not. plasmashell 5.14, libreoffice 6.1.4. Global menu widget works fine (actually, it is Active Window Control widget, but it should be irrelevant)

      – grepcake
      Jan 17 at 18:02

















    Thank you so much! Although I already had that button from the previous version, removing it and adding it again fixed the problem.

    – Nini Michaels
    Feb 23 '18 at 13:36





    Thank you so much! Although I already had that button from the previous version, removing it and adding it again fixed the problem.

    – Nini Michaels
    Feb 23 '18 at 13:36













    are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

    – user32012
    Jan 17 at 13:53





    are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

    – user32012
    Jan 17 at 13:53













    @cipricus, no, I am not. plasmashell 5.14, libreoffice 6.1.4. Global menu widget works fine (actually, it is Active Window Control widget, but it should be irrelevant)

    – grepcake
    Jan 17 at 18:02






    @cipricus, no, I am not. plasmashell 5.14, libreoffice 6.1.4. Global menu widget works fine (actually, it is Active Window Control widget, but it should be irrelevant)

    – grepcake
    Jan 17 at 18:02














    3














    I tried going to the panel's context menu > Panel Options > Add Panel > Application Menu Bar, but only an empty panel appears at the top of the screen.



    If this happens to you:

    1. Go to System Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Background Services, and then enable the Application Menus Daemon. Always remember to click Apply!

    2. Restart any open applications.






    share|improve this answer

























    • I tried going to the panel's context menu > Panel Options > Add Panel - don't you mean "Add widgets>Global Menu"?

      – user32012
      Jan 17 at 11:55












    • are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

      – user32012
      Jan 17 at 13:54















    3














    I tried going to the panel's context menu > Panel Options > Add Panel > Application Menu Bar, but only an empty panel appears at the top of the screen.



    If this happens to you:

    1. Go to System Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Background Services, and then enable the Application Menus Daemon. Always remember to click Apply!

    2. Restart any open applications.






    share|improve this answer

























    • I tried going to the panel's context menu > Panel Options > Add Panel - don't you mean "Add widgets>Global Menu"?

      – user32012
      Jan 17 at 11:55












    • are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

      – user32012
      Jan 17 at 13:54













    3












    3








    3







    I tried going to the panel's context menu > Panel Options > Add Panel > Application Menu Bar, but only an empty panel appears at the top of the screen.



    If this happens to you:

    1. Go to System Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Background Services, and then enable the Application Menus Daemon. Always remember to click Apply!

    2. Restart any open applications.






    share|improve this answer















    I tried going to the panel's context menu > Panel Options > Add Panel > Application Menu Bar, but only an empty panel appears at the top of the screen.



    If this happens to you:

    1. Go to System Settings > Startup and Shutdown > Background Services, and then enable the Application Menus Daemon. Always remember to click Apply!

    2. Restart any open applications.







    share|improve this answer














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    edited Sep 14 '18 at 5:22







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    answered Sep 14 '18 at 1:04









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    • I tried going to the panel's context menu > Panel Options > Add Panel - don't you mean "Add widgets>Global Menu"?

      – user32012
      Jan 17 at 11:55












    • are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

      – user32012
      Jan 17 at 13:54

















    • I tried going to the panel's context menu > Panel Options > Add Panel - don't you mean "Add widgets>Global Menu"?

      – user32012
      Jan 17 at 11:55












    • are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

      – user32012
      Jan 17 at 13:54
















    I tried going to the panel's context menu > Panel Options > Add Panel - don't you mean "Add widgets>Global Menu"?

    – user32012
    Jan 17 at 11:55






    I tried going to the panel's context menu > Panel Options > Add Panel - don't you mean "Add widgets>Global Menu"?

    – user32012
    Jan 17 at 11:55














    are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

    – user32012
    Jan 17 at 13:54





    are you experiencing this problem: if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.?

    – user32012
    Jan 17 at 13:54











    0














    As mentioned briefly in the main answer, although global menus in window titlebar has been replaced by the panel widget "Global menu", they are still available in the window titlebar as a button.



    System Settings > Application Style > Windows Decorations > (tab) Buttons - there drag "Application" button on the window bar. Preferably remove the "Menu" button as they look the same.



    enter image description here



    enter image description here



    In Chrome it look like this:



    enter image description here:




    In Kubuntu 18.04 with Plasma 5.12 and Libreoffice 6.0.7 if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.






    share|improve this answer





























      0














      As mentioned briefly in the main answer, although global menus in window titlebar has been replaced by the panel widget "Global menu", they are still available in the window titlebar as a button.



      System Settings > Application Style > Windows Decorations > (tab) Buttons - there drag "Application" button on the window bar. Preferably remove the "Menu" button as they look the same.



      enter image description here



      enter image description here



      In Chrome it look like this:



      enter image description here:




      In Kubuntu 18.04 with Plasma 5.12 and Libreoffice 6.0.7 if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.






      share|improve this answer



























        0












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        0







        As mentioned briefly in the main answer, although global menus in window titlebar has been replaced by the panel widget "Global menu", they are still available in the window titlebar as a button.



        System Settings > Application Style > Windows Decorations > (tab) Buttons - there drag "Application" button on the window bar. Preferably remove the "Menu" button as they look the same.



        enter image description here



        enter image description here



        In Chrome it look like this:



        enter image description here:




        In Kubuntu 18.04 with Plasma 5.12 and Libreoffice 6.0.7 if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.






        share|improve this answer















        As mentioned briefly in the main answer, although global menus in window titlebar has been replaced by the panel widget "Global menu", they are still available in the window titlebar as a button.



        System Settings > Application Style > Windows Decorations > (tab) Buttons - there drag "Application" button on the window bar. Preferably remove the "Menu" button as they look the same.



        enter image description here



        enter image description here



        In Chrome it look like this:



        enter image description here:




        In Kubuntu 18.04 with Plasma 5.12 and Libreoffice 6.0.7 if any global menus are enabled (panel widget or window button), Libreoffice loses its menubar.







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