Make the menu bar icon visible on a full menu bar

New status items land leftmost, which on a notched Mac lands under the
notch and is invisible, so the app appeared broken. Replace MenuBarExtra
with a managed status item that carries an autosave name and a persisted
preferred position, and add a diagnostic dump to verify placement.

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Sources/SimpleTopBar/App.swift

@@ -7,24 +7,31 @@ struct SimpleTopBarApp: App {
     @NSApplicationDelegateAdaptor(AppDelegate.self) private var appDelegate
 
     var body: some Scene {
-        MenuBarExtra("SimpleTopBar", systemImage: "line.3.horizontal") {
-            TopBarView(
-                model: AppListModel.shared,
-                menuBar: MenuBarItemManager.shared,
-                hider: MenuBarHider.shared
-            )
-        }
-        .menuBarExtraStyle(.window)
+        // The app is a menu bar extra, so it has no real windows.
+        Settings { EmptyView() }
     }
 }
 
+/// Owns the menu bar status item directly (instead of `MenuBarExtra`) so the
+/// item can be given an `autosaveName` and a persisted preferred position. On a
+/// full menu bar, a brand new item lands under the notch and is invisible;
+/// writing `NSStatusItem Preferred Position <name>` into defaults puts it in a
+/// visible slot, and the autosave name lets the user's own drag persist.
 final class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
+    private var statusItem: NSStatusItem?
+    private var popover: NSPopover?
+
     func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ notification: Notification) {
         if CommandLine.arguments.contains("--self-test") {
             runSelfTest()
             return
         }
 
+        if CommandLine.arguments.contains("--dump-items") {
+            dumpMenuBarItems()
+            return
+        }
+
         // Single instance: stale copies keep a menu bar icon around after an
         // update and swallow clicks meant for the new instance.
         let myPid = ProcessInfo.processInfo.processIdentifier
@@ -37,10 +44,18 @@ final class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
         AppListModel.shared.start()
         MenuBarItemManager.shared.start()
         MenuBarHider.shared.prepare()
+        setupStatusItem()
+
+        if CommandLine.arguments.contains("--diag") {
+            DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 2.5) {
+                dumpMenuBarItems()
+            }
+            return
+        }
 
         // The tray is empty without Accessibility permission, so surface the
-        // system prompt once at launch instead of waiting for the user to
-        // open the panel and find the button.
+        // system prompt once at launch instead of waiting for the user to open
+        // the panel and find the button.
         if !AccessibilityPermission.isGranted,
            !UserDefaults.standard.bool(forKey: "didRequestAccessibility") {
             UserDefaults.standard.set(true, forKey: "didRequestAccessibility")
@@ -52,6 +67,52 @@ final class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
         // Never leave the menu bar resized behind us.
         MenuBarHider.shared.restore()
     }
+
+    private func setupStatusItem() {
+        let name = "SimpleTopBar"
+        let positionKey = "NSStatusItem Preferred Position \(name)"
+        // Only seed the position on first run so the user's own drag wins and
+        // persists through the autosave name.
+        if UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: positionKey) == nil {
+            UserDefaults.standard.set(100.0, forKey: positionKey)
+        }
+
+        let item = NSStatusBar.system.statusItem(withLength: NSStatusItem.variableLength)
+        item.autosaveName = name
+
+        if let button = item.button {
+            let image = NSImage(systemSymbolName: "line.3.horizontal", accessibilityDescription: name)
+            image?.isTemplate = true
+            button.image = image
+            button.target = self
+            button.action = #selector(togglePopover)
+            button.setAccessibilityLabel("SimpleTopBar")
+        }
+        statusItem = item
+
+        let popover = NSPopover()
+        popover.behavior = .transient
+        popover.animates = false
+        popover.contentViewController = NSHostingController(
+            rootView: TopBarView(
+                model: AppListModel.shared,
+                menuBar: MenuBarItemManager.shared,
+                hider: MenuBarHider.shared
+            )
+        )
+        self.popover = popover
+    }
+
+    @objc private func togglePopover() {
+        guard let popover, let button = statusItem?.button else { return }
+        if popover.isShown {
+            popover.performClose(nil)
+        } else {
+            NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
+            popover.show(relativeTo: button.bounds, of: button, preferredEdge: .minY)
+            popover.contentViewController?.view.window?.makeKey()
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 enum LoginItem {

Sources/SimpleTopBar/MenuBarItems.swift

@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ final class MenuBarItemManager: ObservableObject {
         items = Self.enumerate()
     }
 
-    nonisolated static func enumerate() -> [MenuBarItem] {
+    nonisolated static func enumerate(includeOwn: Bool = false) -> [MenuBarItem] {
         let ownPID = ProcessInfo.processInfo.processIdentifier
         var found: [MenuBarItem] = []
 
         for app in NSWorkspace.shared.runningApplications {
             let pid = app.processIdentifier
-            if pid == ownPID { continue }
+            if !includeOwn && pid == ownPID { continue }
             let axApp = AXUIElementCreateApplication(pid)
             guard let bar = extrasMenuBar(of: axApp),
                   let children = children(of: bar) else { continue }
@@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ final class MenuBarItemManager: ObservableObject {
               !string.isEmpty else { return nil }
         return string
     }
+
+    nonisolated static func pointAttribute(_ element: AXUIElement, _ attribute: String) -> CGPoint? {
+        var value: CFTypeRef?
+        guard AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(element, attribute as CFString, &value) == .success,
+              let value,
+              CFGetTypeID(value) == AXValueGetTypeID() else { return nil }
+        var point = CGPoint.zero
+        guard AXValueGetValue(value as! AXValue, .cgPoint, &point) else { return nil }
+        return point
+    }
 }
 
 /// Best-effort menu bar item hiding. A zero-width spacer status item is created

Sources/SimpleTopBar/SelfTest.swift

@@ -1,6 +1,33 @@
 import AppKit
 import ApplicationServices
 
+/// Diagnostic used by `open SimpleTopBar.app --args --dump-items`. Writes the
+/// live Accessibility view of the menu bar to /tmp so it can be inspected
+/// without a GUI, then exits.
+func dumpMenuBarItems() {
+    var lines: [String] = []
+    lines.append("bundle=\(Bundle.main.bundleIdentifier ?? "?")")
+    lines.append("authorized=\(AXIsProcessTrusted())")
+    let items = MenuBarItemManager.enumerate()
+    lines.append("count=\(items.count)")
+    for item in items {
+        let pos = MenuBarItemManager.pointAttribute(item.element, kAXPositionAttribute)
+        lines.append("\(item.appName) | \(item.title) | pid=\(item.pid) | id=\(item.id) | pos=\(pos.map { "\(Int($0.x)),\(Int($0.y))" } ?? "?")")
+    }
+    let own = MenuBarItemManager.enumerate(includeOwn: true).filter {
+        $0.pid == ProcessInfo.processInfo.processIdentifier
+    }
+    lines.append("own-status-items=\(own.count)")
+    for item in own {
+        let pos = MenuBarItemManager.pointAttribute(item.element, kAXPositionAttribute)
+        lines.append("OWN \(item.appName) | \(item.title) | id=\(item.id) | pos=\(pos.map { "\(Int($0.x)),\(Int($0.y))" } ?? "?")")
+    }
+    let text = lines.joined(separator: "\n")
+    try? text.write(toFile: "/tmp/simpletopbar-items.txt", atomically: true, encoding: .utf8)
+    print(text)
+    exit(0)
+}
+
 /// Headless verification for `swift run SimpleTopBar --self-test`.
 /// Exercises the background-app overflow helpers and reports the live split
 /// between regular and background applications, then exits 0/1.