screenEdgeGapTopNotch doesn't appear to work

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Issue type
Bug
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Mostly clear
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Tech stack
macos, swift
Domain
desktop, operating-systems

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Reproduce the maximize behavior on the built-in macOS display with screenEdgeGapTopNotch set to 0 and screenEdgeGapsOnMainScreenOnly toggled both ways, comparing it with the external monitor behavior. Trace how these settings affect the notch-area gap; done means the configured top gap is respected when the menubar is hidden without covering sketchybar.

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bug

macOS version: 15.6.1
Rectangle version: 0.91 (97)

By default on my mac I hide the menubar and have sketchybar live at the top of my screen. When I first started using rectangle, this presented an issue as the maximize window function would take up the entire screen when the menubar was hidden, thereby covering up sketchybar. This was an easy fix once I discovered the screenEdgeGap hidden setting. I added a 30px gap to the top and things worked fine when I plug into my external monitor at my desk.

The problem that I'm having is that on my built-in laptop display, macos seems to protect the notch area even when the menubar is hidden, so it will add 30px below the notch, even when the menubar is hidden. I looked at the docs and it seems like screenEdgeGapTopNotch should be the fix for this, but I've already set screenEdgeGapTopNotch to 0 and I still see the same behaviour. I have also tried setting screenEdgeGapsOnMainScreenOnly to true/false and still get the same behaviour.

Here is a screenshot of what happens on my built-in display when I use rectangle to maximize a window

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