Pin search and settings box

fleytman commented 6 months ago

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Problem

At the moment to get to the settings you have to scroll the menu for a long time to get to the settings Also, if there are a lot of entries in the search pattern and you start scrolling, you can't see the search bar.

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Solution

I suggest fixing the line with search box and settings box so that they don't scroll along with the search history.

p0deje commented 6 months ago

You can limit number of visible items in Appearance preferences, that's the only solution at the moment. It's not possible to "pin" individual menu item (search box) while hiding other - there is no such API in macOS.

fleytman commented 6 months ago

You can limit number of visible items in Appearance preferences, that's the only solution at the moment.

It seems to me that this is not a solution and not a particularly useful workaround: in just one day, I can copy more than 100 objects, even the current limit of 999 is very small (and I'm not the only one who thinks so https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy/issues/310). Many users, like myself, use clipboard managers to save information instead of notes, and if there is to be a limit, it should be on display, but with the ability to filter (as is done in copyq when copyq config tray_menu_open_on_left_click true is enabled).

It's not possible to "pin" individual menu item (search box) while hiding other - there is no such API in macOS.

Hmm, I know of several applications that have pinned items and scroll views: open source: OnlySwitch, Itsycal commercial: JetBrains Toolbox, Paragon NTFS

p0deje commented 6 months ago

It seems to me that this is not a solution and not a particularly useful workaround: in just one day, I can copy more than 100 objects, even the current limit of 999 is very small (and I'm not the only one who thinks so https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy/issues/310). Many users, like myself, use clipboard managers to save information instead of notes, and if there is to be a limit, it should be on display, but with the ability to filter (as is done in copyq when copyq config tray_menu_open_on_left_click true is enabled).

I would love to support something like that but AppKit limitations doesn't let me do so easily. There were some attempts and discussions in #229, but so far there is not a decent reliable solution. Maybe in the future macOS would implement new features to support, but for now I don't see anything.

I use Maccy to store some info myself, but I rarely scroll through the list because I would just search for what I need instead. Limiting number of visible items + searching works just fine for me.

Hmm, I know of several applications that have pinned items and scroll views: open source: OnlySwitch, Itsycal

Both applications use NSPopover controls to implement their UI, while Maccy uses NSMenu. Unfortunately, the latter doesn't support similar functionality, at least without re-implementing its core UI.

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