macOS desktop version adds settings to control whether to display menu bar and Dock bar icons

[zhanggang807]

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[guiyanakuang]

感谢建议!为了确保我们做对方向,能否多分享一些你的使用场景?

先说明一下 macOS 上的当前行为:

• 菜单栏图标:始终显示,是主要交互入口——左键切换快捷搜索窗,右键打开菜单。
• Dock 图标:默认隐藏,只在主窗口打开期间临时出现,关闭后消失。

几个问题:

1. 你的痛点是哪个——隐藏菜单栏图标、常驻显示 Dock 图标,还是两者都要?
2. 如果想隐藏菜单栏图标:它目前是打开 CrossPaste 的主要入口,隐藏后你期望通过什么方式访问应用?(比如全局快捷键呼出搜索窗,或从 Finder/Spotlight 重新启动应用唤起设置窗口)
3. 如果想常驻 Dock 图标:主要动机是 cmd+tab 切换 / 从 Dock 启动,还是别的?

这能帮我们确定实现范围——两个开关的权衡差异很大(Dock 图标绑定在应用的 activation policy 上,而它同时影响快捷搜索窗不抢焦点的行为)。

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Thanks for the suggestion! To make sure we build the right thing, could you share a bit more about your use case?

Some context on the current behavior on macOS:

• Menu bar icon: always shown. It's the primary entry point — left-click toggles the quick-search window, right-click opens the menu.
• Dock icon: hidden by default. It only appears temporarily while the main window is open, and disappears again when you close it.

A few questions:

1. Which one is the pain point for you — hiding the menu bar icon, always showing the Dock icon, or both?
2. If you'd like to hide the menu bar icon: since it's currently the main way to open CrossPaste, how would you expect to access the app afterwards? (e.g. a global shortcut for the search window, or relaunching the app from Finder/Spotlight to bring back the settings window)
3. If you'd like a persistent Dock icon: is the main motivation cmd+tab switching / launching from the Dock, or something else?

This will help us decide the scope — the two toggles have quite different trade-offs (the Dock icon is tied to the app's activation policy, which also affects how the quick-search window avoids stealing focus).

[zhanggang807]

感谢关注和回
其实主要目的是想要dock栏上不显示app icon，因为目前dock栏上的图标没有使用场景，快捷键或者菜单栏呼出即可，另外就是我的dock上图标有点多，想能少一个就少一个dock栏图标，对于菜单栏有显示的必要，菜单栏可以不做隐藏，我只是提了一个更通用的特性，具体实现看你们的规划吧

[CompileFuture2024]

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In fact, the main purpose is not to display the app icon on the dock bar, because there is currently no usage scenario for the icons on the dock bar. Shortcut keys or menu bar calls can be used. In addition, my dock has a lot of icons. If I want to reduce one, I will lose one dock bar icon. The menu bar needs to be displayed, and the menu bar does not need to be hidden. I just mentioned a more general feature. The specific implementation depends on your plan.