max-mapper / max-mapper/menubar
Window partially hidden when menu bar set to automatically hide (macOS)
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Description
If you set the menu bar to be automatically hidden on macOS (System Settings > General) the window is positioned under the menu bar.

Not sure if this is something that can be easily fixed by me, or if it should be handled in the menubar library.
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Research direction
The issue names no source file, test, or entry point. Start by reproducing the hidden-menu-bar configuration on macOS and trace the window-positioning path used by the menubar library. Done means the application window is no longer positioned beneath the automatically hidden menu bar.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- electron, macos
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100