[Feature request] Menu bar background

[flanter21]

Can we have an option so that the background will extend behind the menu bar on the top of the screen when using the video background feature? I'm using a notched laptop if that makes a difference. I've put screenshots below to better explain what I mean.

[glouel]

Hey @flanter21

It's on my todo list but I need to manipulate the user's desktop background to make it work. It's a bit messy so I want to be sure I get it 100% right.

[flanter21]

Oh awesome. Thanks for such a quick reply and thank you for making such a useful app freely available. It's so refreshing to use when studying flashcards.

[chriswep]

It's on my todo list but I need to manipulate the user's desktop background to make it work. It's a bit messy so I want to be sure I get it 100% right.

i suppose it would kind of work, if you set the desktop background to a static image of the first frame of the current video?

@flanter21 as it is now, i found it to look best on a macbook with notch when you set the desktop background to just black color, which makes the menubar just black (and hides the notch). however a menubar in sync with the current aerial desktop video would look even better of course.

[glouel]

suppose it would kind of work, if you set the desktop background to a static image of the first frame of the current video?

Yes that's the basic idea, the hard part is handling it correctly :

• restoring the macOS wallpaper on exit/request (which is now way more complicated since Ventura)
• handling multiple monitors
• handling multiple spaces

That's also how I plan to tackle the login screen issue, this time by setting the last played frame as the desktop.

Still ongoing.

[chriswep]

Yes that's the basic idea, the hard part is handling it correctly :

I understand, all those edge cases make it complicated. However for my use case just setting and forgetting the wallpaper to every desktop would get me 95% of the way already. So maybe it could be an experimental/advanced checkbox to do that until its implemented properly..