Removing menu bar in Opera

If you would like to maximize the browsing space of Opera web-browser (who wouldn’t?), you need to get rid of menu bar, the similar way like Google Chrome did. Opera will then minimize the bar to single button so you can still access it without any problem. And I think you will improve the look of Opera this way.

Unfortunately if you are browsing Opera’s menu in search of some “menu bar switch”, I have to disappoint your expectations. You need to create a new shortcut (I’ll use keyboard shortcut in this tutorial) using which you will be able to disable and again enable the menu bar.

So, go for it, it’s very simple!

1. In Opera menu bar go to Tools → Preferences.
2. On Advanced tab (A) choose “Shortcuts” from the list on the left side (B), then in section for keyboard shortcuts select “Opera Standard” (C) and press [Edit] button (D).
3. Edit Keyboard Setup window will appear. To add new shortcut select “Aplication” from the list (A) and press [New...] button (B).
4. New record will be added to shortcuts list. To set the shortcut to [ALT]+[M] you need to enter it in reversed order “m alt” to the first field (A) and after pressing [Enter] on the keyboard, write “Enable menu bar | Disable menu bar” in second field (B).
5. Press [OK] button (A) twice to confirm and finish editing of keyboard shortcuts.
6. After pressing [ALT]+[M] keys on keyboard, the Opera’s menu bar minimizes (pressing the key combination again will display full menu bar).

Oliver Juhás 24.12.2009, 10:48 Computers Tutorials customization menu bar opera tutorial webbrowsers