[SOLVED] i3-wm - applications bar

dsar · 2014-10-09 11:28:50

Hello guys,

I am completely new to this forum! I have just installed arch linux because I want to extend my knowledge about linux structure and because I think it's fun!

I installed i3 window manager and I configured the basic settings. I also installed dmenu so that I can search and execute every program I want. My problem is that when I run
a program I don't see its bar at the top. More specifically, I mean the bar that each application has at the top with "edit", "view" etc... Do I have to install something more for this?

Thanks in advance!

Last edited by dsar (2014-10-12 09:55:53)

x33a · 2014-10-09 11:40:05

dsar wrote:

My problem is that when I run
a program I don't see its bar at the top. More specifically, I mean the bar that each application has at the top with "edit", "view" etc... Do I have to install something more for this?

That's really strange, unless you are talking about the title bar. Even that I think is not hidden by default.

Can you post some screenshots showing the problem?

teateawhy · 2014-10-09 11:46:53

Welcome,

the term for what you describe is "Menu bar", see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu_bar.

dsar wrote:

I mean the bar that each application has at the top ...

Please note that not every program has this bar, so please tell us the names of the programs that you are having problems with.

Do I have to install something more for this?

No, usually installing a program with pacman should be enough.

dsar · 2014-10-09 11:52:10

Yes Menu bar right!
In each program I have the Title bar but no menu appears
For example, in xterm I do not have menu bar and
I found that I can access the menu with ctrl+(left_mouse_key/right_mouse_key) but the changes there are not permanent so to achieve this, I have to set the .Xresources file.

teateawhy · 2014-10-09 11:58:31

dsar wrote:

Yes Menu bar right!
In each program I have the Title bar but no menu appears
For example, in xterm I do not have menu bar and
I found that I can access the menu with ctrl+(left_mouse_key/right_mouse_key) but the changes there are not permanent so to achieve this, I have to set the .Xresources file.

From wikipedia wrote:

xterm normally does not have a menu bar. To access xterm's three menus, users hold the control key and press the left, middle, or right mouse button. Support for a "toolbar" can be compiled-in, which invokes the same menus.

This is the intended behaviour.
Any other programs that do not show a menu bar besides xterm?

dsar · 2014-10-09 11:59:57

hmm google-chrome doesn't have one as well but I guess this is because they have the menu in another place..
Vlc has this menu bar!

x33a · 2014-10-09 12:07:45

Yes, VLC has it. And firefox doesn't have it by default (similar to chrome). So basically, you weren't aware which programs have the menu bar and which don't.

dsar · 2014-10-09 12:09:30

Yes, I am really sorry for this.
I think it's better for this post to be deleted so there will be no confusions.
Thank you!

x33a · 2014-10-09 12:21:22

If you really want it deleted, use the report button on your first post and ask a moderator to do so. Or you can edit the first post's title and prepend [INVALID] to the title.

dsar · 2014-10-09 12:25:40

x33a wrote:

If you really want it deleted, use the report button on your first post and ask a moderator to do so. Or you can edit the first post's title and prepend [INVALID] to the title.

I did the 1st! Thanks

Last edited by dsar (2014-10-09 12:26:01)

ewaller · 2014-10-10 15:07:20

Moderator comment: I am not going to delete the thread because it does have value. If the original poster became confused, it is possible that others may as well. Sometimes a thread like this can lead the way.
See our policy

x33a · 2014-10-11 04:24:56

@ ewaller, that's why I suggested the [INVALID] tag to him

ewaller · 2014-10-11 06:21:58

x33a wrote:

@ ewaller, that's why I suggested the [INVALID] tag to him

There had been a report to the moderators suggesting deletion. I was really responding publicly to that request. Unfortunately, some of the context may have been lost as a result of that and it may have appeared I was responding to you. Sorry about that.

x33a · 2014-10-11 06:41:43

Actually I had used the report button to suggest deletion, but only after dsar said that he had reported the thread already and the thread still had not been deleted.

The mods don't get to see who used the report button?

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jasonwryan · 2014-10-11 06:52:20

x33a wrote:

The mods don't get to see who used the report button?

Oh, we see.

fsckd · 2014-10-11 12:34:01

Sorry, I was the mod who handled dsar's report. I should have replied here as ewaller did. Yes, dsar;s report did reach us. Sorry again.

dsar · 2014-10-11 14:39:45

Finally should I put [INVALID] tag or not?

fsckd · 2014-10-11 17:21:21

[solved] tag would be better as you have obtained a solution. As ewaller said, this is very much a valid question that people have.

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