Show whole context menu without scroll arrows
I installed IDEA on a new machine and ported over my settings. When a context menu is too long to fit on the screen, I get a single menu with arrows at the top and bottom to scroll through the options. I had this issue a while ago but can't remember how I resolved it. My desired outcome is that when the menu is too long it would split off the remainder into a second "column". It has worked that way for me through a several version updates and installations on multiple machines synced with Settings Repository but can't isolate what setting controls this behaviour.
I've tried searching every combination of keyword but all the results are for more common issues with the context menu. Can anyone help me re-figure out how to display the whole context menu rather than the scrollable, truncated one I have now.
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What OS, IDE version and IDE theme do you use?
The installation with the issue is 2019.1.3 on Linux. Same version (as well as checking old 2018.x and 2019.1.x installs) in windows and another linux box (both Centos 7) have the "split menu" behaviour). Theme is Darcula in all cases.
Does it affect only context menu or the main menu as well? I can't find any option to control this behavior, so it may be managed by your OS window manager.
The main menu isn't long enough to tell. The OS isthe same on another Centos machine where I get the split column behaviour. It's different hardware (laptop vs desktop) but both managed by the same group, so other than drivers and such, the OS should be the same. I don't recall ever changing anything in either OS to get it that way, and until it stopped with this machine, it worked that way on 3 prior Centos boxes with a fresh install and Settings sync within IDEA. Unless Settings Sync is capturing OS configuration and translating it between Windows and Centos/Gnome, it doesn't seem like it's the OS (or at least not just the OS).
Thanks for looking. It was just long enough ago that I don't remember how I did it the first time.
Did you maybe manage to solve this? I have the same issue with PyCharm 2019.3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Hi,
Unfortunately, it isn't possible to configure this behavior at the moment. There's a similar request https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-219653
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