{"id":4701,"date":"2015-02-21T13:43:32","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T13:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=4701"},"modified":"2017-07-14T14:32:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T14:32:43","slug":"enable-global-menu-xfce-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2015\/02\/enable-global-menu-xfce-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Global Menu in XFCE Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/xfce-logo-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/xfce-logo-icon.png\" alt=\"xfce global menu\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/xfce-logo-icon.png 245w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/xfce-logo-icon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To save screen space, Ubuntu Unity uses Mac OS X style global menu that integrates applications&#8217; menu bar into the top panel.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to TopMenu developer and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webupd8.org\/2015\/02\/use-global-menu-in-xubuntu-or-linux.html\" target=\"_blank\">Webupd8 Team<\/a> for building the project into PPA, now XFCE Desktop has a plugin to enable the Mac style global menu bar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/xfce-global-menu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/xfce-global-menu.jpg\" alt=\"Xfce Global Menu\" width=\"600\" height=\"308\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/xfce-global-menu.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/xfce-global-menu-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><u>How to install TopMenu plugin for XFCE:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>For (X)Ubuntu 14.04, (X)Ubuntu 14.10, (X)Ubuntu 15.04, and Linux Mint 17\/17.1, this Xfce plugin is available in the webupd8 PPA.<\/p>\n<p>1. Open terminal from the application menu. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team\/mate<\/pre>\n<p>2. Update system package cache, install &#8220;xfce4-topmenu-plugin&#8221; as well as other extra plugins.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n \r\nsudo apt-get install xfce4-topmenu-plugin libtopmenu-gtk3 libtopmenu-qt topmenu-mozilla-extension<\/pre>\n<p>3. After installing this plugin, you have to <u>restart Xfce session<\/u> by logging out and back in to load the Topmenu modules.<\/p>\n<p>4. Finally, right-click on panel and navigate to <b>Panel -> Panel Preferences<\/b>. Under <b>items<\/b> tab, add &#8220;TopMenu&#8221; and change its position.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/add-xfce-panel-item.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/add-xfce-panel-item.jpg\" alt=\"add-xfce-panel-item\" width=\"600\" height=\"317\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/add-xfce-panel-item.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/add-xfce-panel-item-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For issues, please reports to gitorious.org\/projects\/topmenu\/issues<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To save screen space, Ubuntu Unity uses Mac OS X style global menu that integrates applications&#8217; menu bar into the top panel. Thanks to TopMenu developer and Webupd8 Team for building the project into PPA, now XFCE Desktop has a plugin to enable the Mac style global menu bar. 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