max-mapper / max-mapper/menubar
Taskbar with auto-hide on gets overlaid by menubar
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Description
Description
When the user has the taskbar with autohide on, if isAlwaysOnTop is true the menubar overlays the taskbar, if not, it gets overlaid and gets content compromised.
Expected Behavior
Native behavior, the taskbar with autohide on never gets hidden until focus is lost and the menubar window is closed.
Actual Behavior
Window gets either on top or behind the taskbar and taskbar gets hidden before focus is lost
Specifications
- Menubar version: 9.2.1
- Platform: Windows 10
- Electron version: 20.1.0
Other information
I managed to implement it myself with ffi napi and some very intrusive code (basically it completely changes the windows configuration to disable autohide and then menubar takes care of repositioning) which is not a really good approach, and it's the first GIF I showed. Code is here for anyone interested (first few lines).
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue on Windows 10 with an auto-hidden taskbar and inspect the menubar window behavior around isAlwaysOnTop and focus loss. The linked cleaning-mode src/main/main.ts shows a related workaround; done means the menubar no longer overlays or is overlaid by the auto-hidden taskbar before focus is lost.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- electron, typescript
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 40/100