How can I hide the menu bar in visual studio code? I do not find the command to do it. In some applications or browsers the alt key is used but I can not find the command or the option in the menu bar to hide it. Can you help me?
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1Odd there is no keybinding shown in the View menu or the Keyboard Shortcuts; because ALT works perfectly fine for me to toggle the menu bar (on Windows). – Mark Oct 14 '17 at 03:28
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See my answer below - I did not mean to post that last comment! – Mark Oct 14 '17 at 03:36
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You can hide the menu bar by clicking the Toggle Menu Bar option in the View menu.
To bring the menu bar back, as pointed out by pramesh-bajracharya in the comments:
Ctrl + Shift + P will open a command window and you can type Toggle Menu Bar to toggle it on and off.
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9**For future readers:** `Ctrl + Shift + P` will open a command window and you can type `Toggle Menu Bar` to toggle it on and off. – Pramesh Bajracharya Jan 17 '19 at 09:38
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1Not true anymore, as it got blended within the `Appearance` menu item, as a renamed sub-item called `Show Menu Bar` – polendina Jul 15 '22 at 05:26
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If you want to toggle the menu bar with Alt, see this setting:
// Control the visibility of the menu bar. A setting of 'toggle' means that the menu bar is hidden and a single press of the Alt key will show it. By default, the menu bar will be visible, unless the window is full screen.
"window.menuBarVisibility": "toggle",
The default is "default", change it to "toggle" in your user settings..
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"window.menuBarVisibility": "hidden" works for does looking to disable it on Alt key press. – Anthony Raimondo Jun 19 '18 at 21:40
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@Mark tried it in zen mode hitting Alt triggers the menu, but if set to hidden menu doesn't apear – Anthony Raimondo Jun 20 '18 at 11:36
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