[Feature Request]: Display menu bar items as a vertical list

[dotwilliam]

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Description

An overlooked quality-of-life feature that I have never found in any menu bar manager is the ability to display all menu bar items as a vertical list, including the bar icon and item name.

My wish would be to hide 90% of my menu bar items, but display my menu bar manager icon in the menu bar. Clicking on that item would present a vertical list view of all my menu bar services with not only their icon but also the service name, so I can more quickly pinpoint what I need and select it from the list. Displaying the name is critical because I have 30+ menu bar items and struggle to immediately recall which icon I'm looking for in order to activate the item I have in mind. To make matters worse, a number of utilities don't make it obvious what they are/do even when clicked because their only options include vague "Settings" and "About" instead of something more useful like "About app-name."

Because most menu bar items present sub-menus when clicked, it would be banger if these sub-menus are displayed when clicking a menu bar item from the drop down list.

I will happily sponsor Jordan if this feature is added!

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[jordanbaird]

I can definitely implement an option to display the items in a menu, but I don't think it's possible to display the item menus as sub-menus. The next best option is to show the item when it's clicked, then have it present its menu (similar to what the Ice Bar currently does).

[dotwilliam]

This would be incredible. The sub-menu display would be neat but is far from critical. If clicking the menu item from the vertical menu opens the item in the menu bar, that would solve 95% of my problem. The big win for me would be the menu list of all bar items from the menu bar, with the icon and!! the app's name displayed as text.

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On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 2:50 AM Jordan Baird ***@***.***> wrote: I can definitely implement an option to display the items in a menu, but I don't think it's possible to display the item menus as sub-menus. The next best option is to show the item when it's clicked, then have it present its menu (similar to what the Ice Bar currently does). — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#342 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AGCQ4WHWSVEJHJY23TEUIELZWKDJXAVCNFSM6AAAAABNPDNAUOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDGNBYGE3DCNRWHE> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[jjqpot]

Came here looking for this feature. That would be great!