Menu Autohide

[FredMcStaire]

I like to Auto-hide the menu to save screen real estate. There seems to be an annoying quirk with Autohide, and I'm wondering if it's just me, and if so, how to fix it?
( Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise)
With the menu in Auto-hide/show tabs
I've selected a cell, then on the menu click Home, then any of the Font/Alignment/Number format options such as %, $, fill, indent, etc.
What I would love it to do is when I hit [return] or [Tab], the format is applied and the menu disappears. However, it seems that the only way for the menu to disappear is to hit escape. Any advice?

( I'm guessing I'm overlooking something simple)

 

[Micron]

maybe there is an option here that will work for you

Show or hide the ribbon in Office - Microsoft Support

Show the ribbon when hidden, and set options to shows tabs and commands, just tabs, or automatically hide the ribbon for the maximum document space.

support.microsoft.com

 

[FredMcStaire]

maybe there is an option here that will work for you

Show or hide the ribbon in Office - Microsoft Support

Show the ribbon when hidden, and set options to shows tabs and commands, just tabs, or automatically hide the ribbon for the maximum document space.

support.microsoft.com

Thanks for pointing this out. However it doesn't address the particular issue.

 

[Micron]

Well, you're selecting cells with the mouse (I guess) before clicking on the ribbon so I thought that just selecting another cell since you have your finger on the mouse button would work for you. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

 

[FredMcStaire]

Well, you're selecting cells with the mouse (I guess) before clicking on the ribbon so I thought that just selecting another cell since you have your finger on the mouse button would work for you. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

That would be the easy way. But effectively doubles mouse-clicks, breaks flow and introduces additional steps for error. ( I'll admit, I get a bit pedantic sometimes). Out of curiosity, do other versions of excel act the same way? I don't recall the menu bar staying up after an action was selected on previous versions.

 

[Micron]

I can't recall - have been using 365 for several years. Have to admit I can't see how clicking on a sheet would raise an error or break flow but that's just me.