The Main Menu provides access to the Applications menu and many of the items in the Actions menu. You can access almost all of the standard applications, commands, and configuration options from the Main Menu.
You can add Main Menu buttons to your panels.
You can open the Main Menu in the following ways:
From a panel with a Main Menu
Click on the Main Menu.
Use shortcut keys
You can use shortcut keys to open the Main Menu. When you use shortcut keys to open the Main Menu, the Main Menu appears at the mouse pointer.
The
default shortcut keys to open the Main Menu are Ctrl + Esc. To change the shortcut keys that
open the Main Menu, use the Keyboard Shortcuts
preference tool.
You can add as many Main Menu buttons as you want to your panels. To add a Main Menu to a panel, right-click on any vacant space on the panel. Choose Add to Panel -> Main Menu.