Menu-bar status item (accessory activation policy)#6
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Kiosk-mode users typically don't want EdgeControl in the Dock or Cmd-Tab — the dashboard window lives on a secondary display and the app is otherwise headless from the main Mac's perspective. Without a menu-bar affordance, though, there's no path to Settings or to quit the app cleanly (the regular menu bar belongs to whatever app is in front, not EdgeControl). Changes: - Switch NSApp activation policy from .regular to .accessory: no Dock icon, no Cmd-Tab entry, no top-of-screen menu bar. - Install an NSStatusItem in the menu bar with a Settings… / Quit menu. Icon is square.grid.2x2.fill at 16pt .semibold — reads instantly as "dashboard" and matches the visual weight of common status items. - Keep the (now unused) buildMainMenu in place so existing Cmd-Q wiring continues to compile; downstream forks that want to switch back to .regular don't have to re-derive the menu structure. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Kiosk-mode users typically don't want EdgeControl in the Dock or Cmd-Tab — the dashboard window lives on a secondary display and the app is otherwise headless from the main Mac's perspective. Without a menu-bar affordance, though, there's no path to Settings or to quit the app cleanly (the regular menu bar belongs to whatever app is in front, not EdgeControl).
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NSAppactivation policy from.regularto.accessory: no Dock icon, no Cmd-Tab entry, no top-of-screen menu bar.NSStatusItemin the menu bar with a Settings… / Quit menu.square.grid.2x2.fillat 16pt.semibold— reads instantly as "dashboard" and matches the visual weight of common status items.buildMainMenuin place so existing Cmd-Q wiring continues to compile; downstream forks that want to switch back to.regulardon't have to re-derive the menu structure.Compatibility
If you'd prefer to keep the Dock-icon experience as default and make accessory mode a setting toggle, happy to revise — say the word.