Allow App to be run in background [improvement]

[leematos]

Former spectacle user here, my favorite feature of spectacle was the run as background task. :) I like a tidy status bar and I'm giving slate a go.

[jigish]

Ah. Good call. I'll try and implement this soon.

[pstadler]

+1

[toxinu]

+1

[nchase]

+1

[wincent]

This would definitely be useful. I installed Slate for the first time a little over a month ago, used the menu while I was working out my config, and then haven't touched or even looked at the menu since then.

Awesome app, BTW.

[notahat]

+1

[jhaals]

+1

[justincampbell]

+:100:

[kizzx2-demystdata]

+1

[ptdorf]

+1

[justincampbell]

I'll put down $10 for someone to add this https://www.bountysource.com/issues/1065634-allow-app-to-be-run-in-background-improvement/bounties

[larrybolt]

@justincampbell do realise that there is an App for that called Bartender (http://www.macbartender.com/) which costs 15USD and does just that but for any app that doesn't support this natively, and you can define a keyboard shortcut to show an "extended menu".

My system bar for instance looks like this: (in the screenshot the extended menu is openend, normally it is closed)

[hector]

+1

[jpsim]

I just sent a PR with this functionality. Config key:

config menuBarIconHidden true

Menu Item:

[jpsim]

I don't usually recommend downloading executables from strangers (including myself), but if you can't wait, I've added a compiled version of my fix here.

I'd also like to know what @jigish thinks of this approach and why it hasn't received his attention yet :smile:.

[cenkozan]

Thank you very much. But I think there is something wrong. When I start slate with "config menuBarIconHidden true", slate is not working. But when I start with the command commented, and choose hide from the menu, slate is working. Please can you take a look?

[jpsim]

Works for me, not sure how to troubleshoot this either. Maybe paste your .slate config file here?

[cenkozan]

Oh. Thank you. It's here:

config defaultToCurrentScreen true config windowHintsShowIcons true config windowHintsIgnoreHiddenWindows true config windowHintsSpread true config menuBarIconHidden true bind e:cmd hint ASDFGHJKLQWERTYUIOPCVBN # use whatever keys you want bind g:cmd grid padding:5 0:6,2 1:8,3

bind s:alt focus 'Safari' bind o:alt focus 'Opera' bind v:alt focus 'MacVim' bind p:alt focus 'Preview' bind e:alt focus 'Evernote' bind x:alt focus 'MPlayerX' bind m:alt focus 'Mail' bind f:alt focus 'Finder' bind i:alt focus 'iTerm' bind c:alt focus 'Google Chrome' bind t:alt focus 'iTunes'

bind 2:ctrl snapshot snapshot1 save-to-disk bind 4:ctrl snapshot snapshot2 save-to-disk bind 1:ctrl activate-snapshot snapshot1 bind 3:ctrl activate-snapshot snapshot2

alias full move screenOriginX;screenOriginY screenSizeX;screenSizeY alias middle move screenSizeX/2-windowSizeX/2;screenSizeY/2-windowSizeY/2 windowSizeX;windowSizeY alias middleSize move (screenSizeX-1100)/2;(screenSizeY-700)/2 1100;700 alias lefthalf move screenOriginX;screenOriginY screenSizeX/2;screenSizeY alias righthalf move screenOriginX+screenSizeX/2;screenOriginY screenSizeX/2;screenSizeY alias topleft corner top-left resize:screenSizeX/2;screenSizeY/2 alias topright corner top-right resize:screenSizeX/2;screenSizeY/2 alias bottomleft corner bottom-left resize:screenSizeX/2;screenSizeY/2 alias bottomright corner bottom-right resize:screenSizeX/2;screenSizeY/2

bind 3:alt ${lefthalf} bind 5:alt ${full} bind 7:alt ${righthalf} bind 1:alt ${topleft} bind 2:alt ${bottomleft} bind 9:alt ${topright} bind 8:alt ${bottomright} bind 4:alt ${middleSize}

Edit: I'm sorry, I had to update the code. It's final now. Markdown made a mess out of the code.

[jpsim]

Well, it's not an issue with your config file, as Slate starts hidden as provided, but by commenting # config menuBarIconHidden true it starts normally.

So it's an issue with how Slate is compiled. Please make sure you're running the correct build.

[cenkozan]

There is some misunderstanding. What I mean is, slate starts hidden, but it's not working as in none of my keyboard shortcuts work when slate is started hidden.

[hector]

I'm on OSX 10.9 and is working hidden properly for me, but at first it wasn't. I had to go to System Preferences > Security > Accessibility and disable and enable again Slate. It probably has something to do with the replacement of the app if you had it already. Hope it is this!

[cenkozan]

Yes Hector, that's the issue. Thank both to you and to jpsim :)

[chrissphinx]

@jpsim awesome work, thanks so much for implementing this

[hiberabyss]

Is there any plan to merge the code into master branch?

Thanks!