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### 2.3 The Menu Bar

This is a standard menu bar that gives access to all the global functionalities of GPS. It is usually easier to access a given functionality using the various contextual menus provided throughout GPS: these menus give direct access to the most relevant actions given the current context (e.g. a project, a directory, a file, an entity, ...). Contextual menus pop up when the right mouse button is clicked or when using the special <open contextual menu> key on most PC keyboards.

The menu bar gives access to the following items:

File
  See The File Menu.
Edit
  See The Edit Menu.
Navigate
  See The Navigate Menu.
VCS
  See The VCS Menu.
Project
  See The Project Menu.
Build
  See The Build Menu.
Debug
  See The Debug Menu.
Tools
  See The Tools Menu.
SPARK
  If the SPARK toolset is installed on your system and available on your PATH, then this menu is available. See `Help->SPARK->Reference->Using SPARK with GPS` for more details.
CodePeer
  If the CodePeer toolset is installed on your system and available on your PATH, then this menu is available. See your CodePeer documentation for more details.
Window
  See Multiple Document Interface.
Help
  See The Help Menu.