How to always show the menu bar on fullscreen mode?

Do not tell me to use this shortcut CTRL + COMMAND + F to exit or enter in the fullscreen mode. I would like to always see the menu bar in the top of the page when I am in fullscreen mode, is it possible?

This Mac default style is completely annoying.

I don't think it can be done.

By default, the menu bar will float in if you hover the mouse at the top.

Alternatively, why not just use the window maximised, which will give a very similar look to what you want. [Green dot, top left of any window - though some apps will toggle full screen horizontally & vertically, others only vertically, you'd have to drag the corner for those]

Update for Yosemite, the green button behaviour is now reversed from Mavericks & before…

• Green dot will set to fullscreen, without the menu bar.
• Alt ⌥ /Green dot will maximise, leaving the menu bar visible.

SOLVED!

The way I did this was:

1. Go to SystemPreferences -> Dock -> Check the AutomaticallyHideAndShowTheDock
2. Instead of ClickingTheGreenButton to use 'default' FullScreen, you must do: Option + ClickTheGreenButton.

Hope it helped you! :D

The problem with the suggestions people are offering is that they are NOT full screen mode. When you resize a window it takes over the desktop rather than becoming a separate pane. I like to toggle between screens using a four finger swiping motion on the magic trackpad (the way you do on an Ipad), or alternately, press command ⌘+TAB. You know how. If the apps are not in TRUE full screen, then they appear as part of the desktop screen and you can't toggle between them. You have to minimize one to find the other one beneath it, then bring it back up using the dock. I've lost pages that way when I have more than one screen from the same program open (like two spreadsheets, pdfs, or Word documents). Even when you go to Mission Control only one screen appears, that of the desktop. I sympathize with them. I hate that you can't have full screen and still see the menu.

The only thing I can suggest to you (just figured this out now) is to try to replicate some of the stuff from your menu bar onto the dashboard and then have a hot key for the dashboard. I suggest the blank F5 key. This will be as close as you can get to bringing up the menu bar with a single press as I can imagine. And you can just as quickly make it go away.

Answering a question within 5 years of the question being asked was considered fast turnaround in ancient times. So...

The only way to do this is this:

1- Create a new desktop (slide three fingers up, click on the + on top right corner to create a new blank desktop)

2- Un-maximize (Microsoft language: restore) the window or app in question.

3- Drag the window all the way up until all the desktops show at the top.

4- Place the window/app in the desktop you just created.

5- Press Option and click on the green/maximize button of the on the top left corner of the window/app.

The window/app will maximize in that desktop with the menu showing on top as desired (only if the options is unchecked in System Preferences > General > Automatically hide and show the menu bar).

In Safari, enable View → Always Show Toolbar in Full Screen.