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  1. Qt Creator
  2. QTCREATORBUG-29499

Include the global menu in the window title bar

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      Currently Qt Creator is wasting vertical space by always showing the application menu. See https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-29498 for having the ability to hide it.

      This is how Qt Creator 11 looks like this:

      Other IDEs are using the Window title bar space for the menu. Here is VSCode:

      And Visual Studio:

      At https://forum.qt.io/topic/111585/how-do-i-create-a-window-with-the-menu-in-the-title-bar we get the suggestion to use https://github.com/dfct/TrueFramelessWindow

      A more recent discussion can be found at https://www.qt.io/blog/custom-window-decorations

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTCREATORBUG-17519 Ubuntu: Menu bar vanishes when editing .ui file in design, and does not reappear

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
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          Suggestion - Public suggestions QTCREATORBUG-29498 Ability to hide the global menu is missing

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