AerialScreensaver
[Feature request] Menu bar background
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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..