If I have any app (other than Safari) maximized to full-screen, and then I move my curser up to trigger the menubar to show up, there's this weird animation. Like a white bar or something pops up. Maximize the App Store, then move your curser to the top of the screen to trigger the menu bar, and you'll see what I mean. In Safari, it works normally. The menu bar slides on down without any weird animation.
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Full Screen Apps Bug?
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Why don't you do it? https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/
Sounds a bit passive-aggressive lol, but thank you. I thought you had to be a developer in order to report bugs, this is great.
God, still getting the same glitches on macOS 11.4.
Can anyone else please confirm as the feedback I’ve provided to Apple states ‘Recent Similar Reports:None’ and find that hard to believe. Has anyone else reported this to Apple?
Can anyone else please confirm as the feedback I’ve provided to Apple states ‘Recent Similar Reports:None’ and find that hard to believe. Has anyone else reported this to Apple?
Check again? Mine should be there.
I also noticed janky Safari animation at the beginning when I first saw the menubar glitch after the initial update. I was surprised when they didn't fix the menubar glitch with 11.4, then I connected the dots and realized the issue is bigger than the menubar, it's a bug with the entire desktop animation. That's probably why we won't get a fix for a while. Hopefully with the next update though.
Ha! That's interesting. Didn't notice this before, but then again I rarely run apps in full screen mode.
Interesting that it doesn't happen in Safari – what is different with Safari (no issue) compared to for example the Messages app (has the issue) when it comes to this?
I also see it's fine in for example Calendar and Dictionary but not in Preview. Can it be that this has got do with som API and/or Swift thing?
I guess ”full screen” can be called in different ways and maybe just one of the ways trigger the glitch? I'm not much of a programmer as you can tell.
Interesting that it doesn't happen in Safari – what is different with Safari (no issue) compared to for example the Messages app (has the issue) when it comes to this?
I also see it's fine in for example Calendar and Dictionary but not in Preview. Can it be that this has got do with som API and/or Swift thing?
I guess ”full screen” can be called in different ways and maybe just one of the ways trigger the glitch? I'm not much of a programmer as you can tell.
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Turns out it's actually not limited to full screen mode. For instance, set your menu bar to "automatically hide and show" and when the menu bar drops down, you'll see the very same glitch even when the app isn't full-screen. As far as what's going on, I can't be certain. But I do believe it is something deeper than just the menu bar, very well could be some API/Swift/Metal or whatever? Safari's animation when you maximize it is a jerky mess. Used to be this smooth transition, and now you see the Safari menu bar one color while everything else is another and it's a mess for a second or so. Maybe on newer Macs it's less perceptible, but it is there. That's why I would agree with you that it's something deeper. I bet the second the menu bar stops glitching the Safari animation returns to normal.Ha! That's interesting. Didn't notice this before, but then again I rarely run apps in full screen mode.
Interesting that it doesn't happen in Safari – what is different with Safari (no issue) compared to for example the Messages app (has the issue) when it comes to this?
I also see it's fine in for example Calendar and Dictionary but not in Preview. Can it be that this has got do with som API and/or Swift thing?
I guess ”full screen” can be called in different ways and maybe just one of the ways trigger the glitch? I'm not much of a programmer as you can tell.
Hmm… I tried to set the menu bar to auto hide, but i don't see the glitch when moving in and out if it to show and hide it. 🤔
I can also say I don't see the glitch in full screen on most of the apps Apple ship with Big Sur. Haven't tried all but except for Messages, Preview, Music and App Store it seems to work fine for the apps I tried.
Well, I actually reported it too - FB9120239, all credits to @nmeed
Menu bar is always black in fullscreen on monterey, so they sort of gave up on it but also fixed it.
For those who are interested...
No, it has not been fixed on 11.6
No, it has not been fixed on 11.6