How to fix Top menu disappeared problem in Sublime text3 installed in Ubuntu 16.04 machine

Solution for fixing  Top menu not displaying issue in Sublime text3 Editor in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS machine

Issue: Sublime text3 Installed on a desktop machine running in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Some times when editor is loaded, it doesn't show the Top Menu " File   Edit Selection  Find    View    Goto .......


Solution:

OPTION  #1 : CHECKING MENU TOGGLE SETTINGS

First you try the following:

Press CTRL + SHIFT + P

You will see a Pop up with options listed like this.




Type: "toggle” and look for “view: toggle menu” and select it.

Close and reopen the editor.

Your Sublime editors' top menu will be there.

IF THIS NOT WORKED, Try this:


OPTION  #2 : EDIT SUBLIME_TEXT.DESKTOP FILE

If you are loading Sublime editor from a desktop shortcut you can edit the "EXEC" line in   "sublime_text.desktop" file  to  "Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 /usr/bin/sublime-text"

To do this, open the Terminal

Login as sudo user

Enter command
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/sublime_text.desktop

sublime_text.desktop will be opened in editor

Add env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 in Exec= before /opt/*   as shown in image given below:

Save the file and reload the editor.

If Menu still not appear, then  check toggle settings by  following steps given in Option#1.

Your Editors' top menu will now appear.


Tags : Sublime Text editor opens with no menu bar, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS machine, Sublime text3 , sublime Top menu disappeared,  Ubuntu 16.04

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