# Global Menu KDE Plasma 6 **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** bugs, wayland, opensuse, plasma, qt-creator\ **Created:** [September 21, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/global-menu-kde-plasma-6/21594 "2024-09-21T20:08:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hamody](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/hamody/32/13744_2.png) [@hamody](https://discuss.kde.org/u/hamody)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/global-menu-kde-plasma-6/21594/1 "2024-09-21T20:08:48Z")
Is there a way to make the global menu works on GTK applications like firefox, OR Qt applications like Qt Creator ![Screenshot_20240921_230458](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a98e47dd80e33b80a1605414db927a0ee33ce48c.png) ---
**Author:** ![ben2talk](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/ben2talk/32/27275_2.png) [@ben2talk](https://discuss.kde.org/u/ben2talk)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/global-menu-kde-plasma-6/21594/2 "2024-09-22T05:31:21Z")
This has been going on for a long time - basically I just decided it isn’t worth the hassle. F10 will bring up the menu in the top of Firefox, not in the Global Menu… which is perfect… it’s minimal without removing any function or un-necessarily cluttering the interface. I just wish I could get back the LIM (Locally Integrated Menu - or, once again, menu’s hidden in Plasma titlebars until you activate or mouse over them) function which I lost with Plasma 6 too. ![Screenshot_20240922_123013](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1e42adc61b35200eef9b2e4eb4c2231b5858aece.png) ---
**Author:** ![hamody](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/hamody/32/13744_2.png) [@hamody](https://discuss.kde.org/u/hamody)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/global-menu-kde-plasma-6/21594/3 "2024-10-13T09:10:50Z")
The Problem not only in firefox but in other apps like sublime text or Qt creator and F10 won’t fix it the only way to work with that is to remove the global menu ---
**Author:** ![ben2talk](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/ben2talk/32/27275_2.png) [@ben2talk](https://discuss.kde.org/u/ben2talk)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 4:14am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/global-menu-kde-plasma-6/21594/4 "2024-10-17T04:14:18Z")
![Screenshot_20241017_111325](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/2X/8/881d76511c2534ae5a121f650e4f1fd1f33dffda.png) Qt Creator working fine with my Global Menu here… ---
**Author:** ![dzon](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/dzon/32/498_2.png) [@dzon](https://discuss.kde.org/u/dzon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/global-menu-kde-plasma-6/21594/5 "2024-10-17T15:48:48Z")
It happens with certain apps. Most of the times it works by clicking a qt app. For example, Inkscape doesn’t show a global. But after you click, for example, Dolphin, it’ll show. ![Screenshot_20241017_174556](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0c551ac8a895d123620e4cbf183ad85fc3f7e6dd.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20241017_174617](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1936e12647b4f7cddfb5f715683c30eb15a9f396.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Guido\_I](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/guido_i/32/2430_2.png) [@Guido\_I](https://discuss.kde.org/u/Guido_I)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/global-menu-kde-plasma-6/21594/6 "2025-02-13T22:18:17Z")
If you are on Wayland, gtk apps do not export the menu. On X11, however, they work. However, you can still get it by starting them with Xwayland. For example: GDK\_BACKEND=x11 inkscape ---
**Author:** ![grahamperrin](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/grahamperrin/32/32982_2.png) [@grahamperrin](https://discuss.kde.org/u/grahamperrin)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/global-menu-kde-plasma-6/21594/7 "2026-03-07T09:52:40Z")
### Inkscape Success: ![image](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/3X/4/8/487ebe13482c616403afcb8b164e805aa7de1249.png) ### Foot Without setting the variable: ![2026-03-07-09-37-34](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/uploads/default/original/3X/5/5/55327ee62505d2b628eacd9a5237ffe9abb4b245.jpeg) With the variable set: ```plaintext grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~> GDK_BACKEND=x11 foot warn: wayland.c:1734: compositor does not implement the XDG toplevel icon protocol warn: render.c:3079: compositor is not releasing buffers immediately; expect lower rendering performance warn: ime.c:168: seat0: text-input::done() received on seat that isn't focusing a terminal window grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~> ``` – and the problem persists. The global menu has no menus.