Bug 247270 - Option to display menubar only when holding down <Alt> (or another meta-key)
Summary: Option to display menubar only when holding down <Alt> (or another meta-key)
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: kdelibs
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: kdeui (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdelibs bugs
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Keywords: accessibility
: 249166 278862 (view as bug list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2010-08-10 18:33 UTC by Franz Berger
Modified: 2020-09-03 00:35 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Description Franz Berger 2010-08-10 18:33:28 UTC 
Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.4.95) 
OS:                Linux

It would be nice if there was an option in KDE applications to hide the menubar by default and only show it while holding down <Alt> or any other user-configurable meta-key like the Windows-key.

After pressing the configured key, keyboard focus should switch to the menubar to allow efficient keyboard navigation of the menus.

Reproducible: Didn't try
Comment 1 Jan Kusanagi 2010-08-13 22:36:05 UTC 
Sounds like a good idea, and a good compromise between the new ideas about "not having menubars" and the classic way.
Shouldn't this go on the Brainstorm forum?
Comment 2 Franz Berger 2010-08-14 13:07:49 UTC 
> Shouldn't this go on the Brainstorm forum?
I've posted this bug as an idea to the Brainstorm forum: http://forum.kde.org/brainstorm.php#idea89657_page1
Comment 3 Tristan Miller 2010-08-27 16:42:27 UTC 
This is standard behaviour in Microsoft Windows.
Comment 4 Christoph Feck 2010-09-07 13:57:48 UTC 
*** Bug 249166 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Kai Uwe Broulik 2010-09-07 14:01:35 UTC 
Oh yes I am missing this so much! I‘d really like to hide menu bars in dolphin for example as it looks nicer but I cannot because I need the menu bar far too often. (Also because the contextmenu is just useless, it offers only view options and thats it)
Comment 6 Christoph Feck 2011-07-30 18:07:45 UTC 
*** Bug 278862 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 Frederik Gladhorn 2012-06-19 09:21:22 UTC 
I do think this feature is quite important for users of screen readers. In my opinion it would be great to have the alt key open/focus the menu bar by default.
Comment 8 Roy Orbitson 2020-09-03 00:35:44 UTC 
Over a decade later, is there another standard way to give focus to the menu bar? I haven't found one, which is a bit of a disappointment after leaving Windows.

One thing to be wary of would be the Sticky Keys accessibility feature. If Lock Keys is off, pressing Alt twice would work, but with it on (the default) it would have to be a hold or something else. Best to consult with someone who relies on that feature.