From 62fbf495cbd7ca87e3c448021748283ae21be3e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lenny Angst <lenny@familie-angst.ch>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 22:14:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix menu bar not being hidden on startup

Menu bar visibility was only set when the setting changed, but not on
startup. While at it, enable to use the Alt key to temporarily show the
menu bar when set to hidden.

Fixes #842
---
 src/main/Stores.ts | 1 +
 src/main/index.ts  | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/Stores.ts b/src/main/Stores.ts
index 3e1ca9e9..c54ec248 100644
--- a/src/main/Stores.ts
+++ b/src/main/Stores.ts
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ SettingsStore.onDidChange('colorTheme', (colorTheme) => {
 SettingsStore.onDidChange('menuBarVisibility', (menuBarVisibility) => {
   try {
     mainWindow!.setMenuBarVisibility(menuBarVisibility)
+    mainWindow!.setAutoHideMenuBar(!menuBarVisibility)
   } catch (error: any) {
     HandleError(error)
   }  
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index 64e82a4a..a404c24f 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -111,11 +111,13 @@ const handleWindowSizeAndPosition = () => {
 
 const createMainWindow = () => {
   const shouldUseDarkColors: boolean = SettingsStore.get('shouldUseDarkColors')
+  const shouldShowMenubar: boolean = SettingsStore.get('menuBarVisibility')
   mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
     width: 1280,
     height: 1000,
     show: false,
     backgroundColor: shouldUseDarkColors ? '#212224' : '#fff',
+    autoHideMenuBar: !shouldShowMenubar,
     icon:
       process.platform === 'win32'
         ? nativeImage.createFromPath(windowsIcon)
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ const createMainWindow = () => {
   })
 
   mainWindow.once('ready-to-show', () => {
+    mainWindow.setMenuBarVisibility(shouldShowMenubar)
     mainWindow.show();
     const endTime = performance.now()
     console.log(`Startup time: ${(endTime - startTime).toFixed(2)} ms`)