To hide/show the menu bar takes ALWAYS a lot of time: - close Geany - type in the terminal of Lubuntu: sudo featherpad /usr/share/geany/geany.glade - search for: hbox_menubar - in the next line: change True to False or vice versa - save the document - close Featherpad - open Geany
Suggestion: What about the shortcut ctrl+m to hide/show the menu bar? The shortcut ctrl+m hides/shows the menu bar in of the filemanager Pcmanfm-qt (in Lubuntu 20.04).
If users will lose the menu bar by accident, they could google it how to bring it back in Geany.
By the way: to hide/show the menu bar was asked in August 2015. That’s nearly 5 years.