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The menu items File, Edit, View, History, etc. are located in the menu bar. This article will help you restore a missing menu bar.

Whether or not the Thunderbird menu bar is displayed depends on your Operating System. For Linux and Windows users, there are two cases: * For existing Thunderbird users, if the ''Menu Bar'' is missing, it is usually because it has been hidden accidentally. * For new Thunderbird users starting in any version of Thunderbird released in November 2012 or later, the ''Menu Bar'' is hidden by default. For Mac users, it is not possible to hide the ''Menu Bar'', so Mac users always see the ''Menu Bar''. {for win,linux} __TOC__ = Hidden menu bar = If you're using any version of Thunderbird released in November 2012 or later, you now have a Menu button on the top right that takes the most common functions and puts them in one menu and by default for new Thunderbird users, the menu bar is hidden.<br><br> [[Image:Menu Button]] [[Image:Menu Button Menu]]{/for} {for win} *To temporarily show the menu bar, just press the {key Alt} key. {/for} {for linux} * To temporarily show the menu bar, hit the {key F10} key {/for} = Show Menu Bar all the time = {for win,linux}To have the Menu Bar shown all the time, right-click on an empty section of the Tab Strip and check {menu Menu Bar} in the pop-up menu. <br><br> [[Image:View Menu Bar]]{/for} [[Template:ShareArticle|link=http://mzl.la/MMZqU3]]