[Bug]: Menu bar icons overlap when too many apps are active

[diazdesandi]

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Description

When using Thaw as a macOS menu bar organizer, the app works for basic setups but runs into layout issues when there are many status bar items. Once the menu bar gets crowded, some icons overlap or are hidden unexpectedly, and Thaw doesn’t appear to reorder or compress them in a predictable way.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Launch Thaw on macOS.
2. Start 10–15 apps that each add a menu bar icon (e.g., cloud sync, VPN, clipboard manager, time tracker).
3. Observe how the icons are arranged in the menu bar.
4. Connect an external monitor and change the display arrangement.
5. Quit and relaunch a few of the menu bar apps and compare how the icons are reordered.

App Version

2.0.0 beta 13

macOS Version

26.5

Monitor Setup

Multi-monitor Setup

Additional Information

• No third‑party menu bar tools like Ice or Bartender are running at the same time.
• Behavior reproduced after a clean reboot and with different combinations of menu bar apps.
• The issue is intermittent but easier to trigger with many menu bar items and frequent display changes.