Tauri v2 menu items not visible

[mainrs]

I use the following code to register a custom menu as well as to listen to events.

 let builder = tauri::Builder::default()
        .manage(state)
        .menu(|handle| {
            Menu::with_items(
                handle,
                &[&Submenu::with_items(
                    handle,
                    "Edit",
                    true,
                    &[
                        &MenuItem::with_id(handle, "preferences-item", "Preferences", true, Some("CommandOrControl+,"))
                            .unwrap(),
                    ],
                )
                .unwrap()],
            )
        })
        .setup(|app| {
            app.on_menu_event(|_, event| {
                println!("{:?}", event);
            });

            Ok(())
        })
        .plugin(tauri_plugin_shell::init())
		// ...

However, the window only shows my web content. There is no menu bar visible.

I am running Linux (Manjaro) and GNOME. If that matters.

[Charlie284]

Your menu construction is valid. On Linux, Builder::menu is intended to attach that menu to each configured window and render it above the webview; there is no frontend step required.

Because this was posted while Tauri v2 was still in beta, I would first update and make sure the Rust tauri/tauri-build crates and the JS CLI/API packages are on the same current v2 release. pnpm tauri info (or the equivalent npm command) will show the resolved versions.

You can also bypass the app-wide startup attachment and test the GTK window attachment directly:

use tauri::{
  menu::{Menu, MenuItem, Submenu},
  Manager,
};

tauri::Builder::default()
  .manage(state)
  .setup(|app| {
    let preferences = MenuItem::with_id(
      app,
      "preferences-item",
      "Preferences",
      true,
      Some("CommandOrControl+,"),
    )?;
    let edit = Submenu::with_items(app, "Edit", true, &[&preferences])?;
    let menu = Menu::with_items(app, &[&edit])?;

    let window = app
      .get_webview_window("main")
      .expect("main window was not created");

    window.set_menu(menu)?;
    window.show_menu()?;

    app.on_menu_event(|_, event| println!("{event:?}"));
    Ok(())
  })
  .plugin(tauri_plugin_shell::init())
  // ...

If this works, the menu itself is fine and the problem was in the old beta/version combination or the startup attachment path. If it still does not appear, please include the output of pnpm tauri info, the app.windows section of tauri.conf.json, and whether the GNOME session is Wayland or X11. That is enough to distinguish a Tauri/GTK issue from a window configuration issue.

The current menu guide and API still document Builder::menu as the normal app-wide form: https://v2.tauri.app/learn/window-menu/ and https://docs.rs/tauri/latest/tauri/struct.Builder.html#method.menu