This PR adds an option to run the app without being visible in the menu bar and should address issue #77.
If you select "Hide from menu bar", the menu is hidden and the app is added to the login items. In order to make the menu visible again, you have to open the app manually (handled by applicationShouldHandleReopen:hasVisibleWindows:). This may not be a very obvious behaviour. An alert with some explanations could be easily added.
I’ve only tested this code on Catalina, but it should work with previous versions as I've been using the same approach for many years in Tunes Notifier (https://github.com/jcoynel/Tunes-Notifier). If you'd like to try the confirmation alert mentioned above, it's being used in Tunes Notifier.
milgra
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5 years ago
This PR adds an option to run the app without being visible in the menu bar and should address issue #77.
If you select "Hide from menu bar", the menu is hidden and the app is added to the login items. In order to make the menu visible again, you have to open the app manually (handled by
applicationShouldHandleReopen:hasVisibleWindows:). This may not be a very obvious behaviour. An alert with some explanations could be easily added.I’ve only tested this code on Catalina, but it should work with previous versions as I've been using the same approach for many years in Tunes Notifier (https://github.com/jcoynel/Tunes-Notifier). If you'd like to try the confirmation alert mentioned above, it's being used in Tunes Notifier.