Put the hamburger at the left of the visible icons

The hamburger was landing among the system icons. Move it to the left
edge of the visible group so it reads as the entry point rather than one
more status item.

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README.md

@@ -34,14 +34,16 @@ automatically.
 
 What it can and cannot hide:
 
-- It hides **other third-party apps' icons** (cmux, Kapture, WireGuard, input
+- It hides **other third-party apps' icons** (cmux, Kapture, moomoo, WireGuard).
-  source, Now Playing, …) so only your apps' icons leave the bar.
+- It **keeps Wi-Fi, Now Playing, Spotlight, Clock, Battery and Control Center**
-- It **keeps Wi-Fi, Spotlight, Clock, Battery and Control Center**. The spacer's
+  visible, with the **hamburger at the left edge of that group**. The spacer's
-  boundary is tuned (preferred position 250) to fall just left of Wi-Fi, so the
+  boundary (preferred position 300) falls just left of Now Playing. macOS
-  Apple items on the right stay visible. macOS reserves that far-right area: a
+  reserves the far-right area, so an item can never be placed to the right of
-  third-party item can never be placed to the right of it, so those icons cannot
+  the system icons.
-  be pushed away even in principle. (Bartender and Ice hit the same wall and
+- The input-source indicator is the one system icon that ends up hidden (it sits
-  cover the area with their own overlay bar instead.)
+  immediately left of where the hamburger can go). To keep it, set
+  `defaults write dev.tzgyn.simpletopbar debug.spacerPos -float 350` (and
+  `debug.hamburgerPos -float 100`), which moves the hamburger one slot right.
 - Newly launched apps are placed to the left of the spacer, so they are hidden
   automatically.
 - Advanced: set `defaults write dev.tzgyn.simpletopbar debug.spacerPos -float <n>`

Sources/SimpleTopBar/App.swift

@@ -103,9 +103,13 @@ final class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
         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.
+        // persists through the autosave name. Kept just below the hider's
-        if UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: positionKey) == nil {
+        // preferred position so the hamburger lands at the left edge of the
-            UserDefaults.standard.set(100.0, forKey: positionKey)
+        // visible icons. `debug.hamburgerPos` overrides it.
+        if let override = UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: "debug.hamburgerPos") as? Double {
+            UserDefaults.standard.set(override, forKey: positionKey)
+        } else if UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: positionKey) == nil {
+            UserDefaults.standard.set(290.0, forKey: positionKey)
         }
 
         let item = NSStatusBar.system.statusItem(withLength: NSStatusItem.variableLength)

Sources/SimpleTopBar/MenuBarItems.swift

@@ -313,10 +313,14 @@ final class MenuBarHider: ObservableObject {
         // The boundary between "hidden" and "kept" falls just left of Wi-Fi at
         // ~250, so the other apps hide while Apple's Wi-Fi/Clock/Battery/Control
         // Center/Spotlight stay visible. `debug.spacerPos` overrides the seed.
+        // The boundary sits just left of Now Playing, so every Control Center
+        // item stays visible while the apps hide. It must stay *above* the
+        // hamburger's preferred position (see AppDelegate) for the hamburger to
+        // remain on the visible side. `debug.spacerPos` overrides the seed.
         if let override = UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: "debug.spacerPos") as? Double {
             UserDefaults.standard.set(override, forKey: key)
         } else if UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: key) == nil {
-            UserDefaults.standard.set(350.0, forKey: key)
+            UserDefaults.standard.set(300.0, forKey: key)
         }
         let item = NSStatusBar.system.statusItem(withLength: 0)
         item.autosaveName = name

build-app.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
-VERSION="${1:-0.4.5}"
+VERSION="${1:-0.4.6}"
 
 swift build -c release