fullscreenmacosmenu bar
4 years ago, I asked if it is possible to stop the menu bar from showing while in full screen. The issue is that, on tabbed applications, whenever I try to click a tab, the menu bar appears above it causing me to click in the wrong place. Half a decade later and I'm still deeply frustrated with this issue. Is there any way to do it yet?
Here is what I am talking about:
Save the following AppleScript to a file named fullscreen.scpt:
use framework "AppKit"
use scripting additions
repeat with runningApp in current application's NSWorkspace's sharedWorkspace's runningApplications()
if runningApp's isActive()
set frontApp to (localizedName of runningApp) as text
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
tell application "System Events"
tell process frontApp to set isFullScreen to value of attribute "AXFullScreen" of first window
if frontApp = "Finder"
tell process frontApp to set value of attribute "AXFullScreen" of first window to not isFullScreen
else if isFullScreen
do shell script "lsappinfo setinfo -app " & quoted form of frontApp & " ApplicationType=Foreground"
tell process frontApp to set value of attribute "AXFullScreen" of first window to false
(*fix to make sure the menu bar is not stuck*)
delay 0.42
tell application "Finder" to activate
tell process frontApp to set frontmost to true
else
do shell script "lsappinfo setinfo -app " & quoted form of frontApp & " ApplicationType=UIElement"
tell process frontApp to set value of attribute "AXFullScreen" of first window to true
end if
end tell
From terminal, compile it to an application with the following command:
osacompile -o "/Applications/Full Screen.app" fullscreen.scpt
Open the Full Screen.app's Info.plist (e.g. vim '/Applications/Full Screen.app/Contents/Info.plist') and add the following to the dict:
<key>NSUIElement</key>
<true/>
Add Full Screen.app as an exception in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility.
Launch Automator and create a new Service.
no input in any application".Library > Utilities > Launch Application action.Full Screen application.Full Screen and close Automator.System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services, scroll down to the bottom of the list and the just created Full Screen service should be listed there. Associate an unique Command shortcut for it, like Shift+Command+\ or Command+F11 for example.This creates a shortcut to cause an application to enter full screen while removing the menu bar, or to exit full screen bringing the menu bar back. It provides an alternative full screen shortcut!
For application-specific full screen launchers, check my other answer.
There may be some disadvantages and/or misbehavior using this approach:
ApplicationType=UIElement, which causes the application icon not be added/highlighted in the Dock and make the application inaccessible via Command+Tab. The Command+Tab issue was reported in comments, I didn't notice it since I mostly use the Mission Control overview to change between full screen applications.As of OS X El Capitan (10.11), this functionality is built in to the operating system. Go to System Preferences > General and turn on "Automatically hide and show the menu bar."
Here is how it works:
Best Answer
One possible workaround... Go into System Preferences. Select "General." Towards the top, there is a place you can set the menu bar to "Automatically hide and show the menu bar."