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uBar 3

The 'full-screen auto-hiding in El Capitan' issue supposedly fixed in 3.0.5 is still present.

To reproduce it:

- put any window in fullscreen. For example Safari. uBar is hidden. great
- go back to a non-full screen app (CTRL + left arrow). uBar show up. great
- go back to the full screen app (CTRL + right arrow). uBar still show up instead of being hidden
 
bobbie424242 said:
The 'full-screen auto-hiding in El Capitan' issue supposedly fixed in 3.0.5 is still present.

To reproduce it:

- put any window in fullscreen. For example Safari. uBar is hidden. great
- go back to a non-full screen app (CTRL + left arrow). uBar show up. great
- go back to the full screen app (CTRL + right arrow). uBar still show up instead of being hidden
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Thanks for the note - switching spaces is getting in the way of uBar detecting FS switches at the moment. I am working on a way to handle it.
 
Big news. Spaces support. Fullscreen auto-hide fixed. Finally.

Release Notes for 3.0.9
Feature: App window lists now grouped by space
Tweak: Display list in General preferences now shows display icons
Tweak: Danish localization updated (Thanks to Allan Nyholm Nielsen)
Fix: Fullscreen spaces are now properly detected, allowing uBar to auto-hide properly (Reported by Gordon Byrnes)
Fix: Windows in fullscreen or hidden spaces now listed
Fix: Favourite menus now have correct margin from bar in non-rimless mode
Fix: New windows no longer appear under uBar (Reported by Tommy Hansen)
 
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Thanks, auto-hide works great now ! Was driving me nuts with fullscreen RDP windows.
 
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bobbie424242 said:
Thanks, auto-hide works great now ! Was driving me nuts with fullscreen RDP windows.
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You're welcome. Small update fixing a rare bug, and with new highly prestigious popup tails for window previews:

Release Notes for 3.1.0
  • Tweak: Window previews bow have popup tails
  • Fix: Solved a launch crash during rare condition (Reported by Allan Davidson)
 
Quite often (actually, almost always) Firefox cannot be minimized by clicking on its icon in ubar3. It works for other apps fine - mostly.
Latest ubar3 / Firefox / ElCapitan
 
Another thing going on with Firefox: even if 2 or more windows are open, Ubar behaves as if only one was opened. There is no window grouping or anything, it just appears as if there was only one window!
 
Does uBar completely replace the Dock or do I just move it to the side, top, etc. out of the way? I stumbled on a video of an older version (I think) and uBar was running at the bottom and the dock was just stuck over to the right with hiding turned on so anytime you went to the right side of the screen, it would pop out. Is this still the case or can the dock be disabled completely while running uBar?
 
heymatthew said:
Does uBar completely replace the Dock or do I just move it to the side, top, etc. out of the way? I stumbled on a video of an older version (I think) and uBar was running at the bottom and the dock was just stuck over to the right with hiding turned on so anytime you went to the right side of the screen, it would pop out. Is this still the case or can the dock be disabled completely while running uBar?
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Usually the Dock is set to auto-hide and set to another side. After that, it can be effectively permanently hidden with a single terminal command: https://brawersoftware.com/support/articles/7
 
Major breakthrough update for 3.1.5 - uBar now has the equivalent of Dock bounces when apps want attention. The app tile flashes.

Release Notes for 3.1.5
  • Feature: App tiles now flash when the app wants attention - equivalent of Dock bounces
  • Fix: Firefox no longer fails to register windows (Reported by Jesse Kay)
  • Fix: Mail no longer shows ghost windows (Reported by John Ellis)
Release Notes for 3.1.4
  • Feature: Option+1, 2, 3... 0 switches to the app or window in the corresponding position (Suggested by Maxim Soloviev)
  • Tweak: Holding Option now changes menus in real-time
  • Fix: Tooltip and/or preview no longer remain if last app or window in bar is closed (Reported by Seb Insua)
  • Fix: Icon overrides now work for favourites
Release Notes for 3.1.3
  • Feature: Hold Option+Command when clicking an app to show it and hide all other apps (Suggested by Steven Harte)
  • Feature: Holding Option when right-clicking an app shows Hide Others (Suggested by Kyle DeMilo)
  • Feature: Middle-click quits apps and closes windows (Suggested by Will Jehring)
  • Feature: Middle-click on the bar toggles auto-hide (Suggested by Tommy Hansen)
  • Feature: MAS Upgrade button in registration window to upgrade from Sandboxed version
  • Tweak: Window preview remains open when closing windows in it (Suggested by John Elm)
  • Tweak: App tiles no longer use window title when there is a single window (Suggested by Steve Crooks)
  • Fix: Registration window buttons adapt to text size
Release Notes for 3.1.2
  • Feature: Lock Screen added to uBar menu
  • Tweak: Polish localization updated (Thanks to Jakub Cabak)
  • Fix: Full-screen sticky auto-hide bug fixed (Reported by Akio Burns)
  • Fix: Apps no longer list hidden windows starting with __NS (Reported by John Elm)
Release Notes for 3.1.1
  • Fix: Eliminated memory leak that occurred when apps crash
diegopau said:
Another thing going on with Firefox: even if 2 or more windows are open, Ubar behaves as if only one was opened. There is no window grouping or anything, it just appears as if there was only one window!
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Should be fixed in 3.1.5.
 
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I've noticed a rather annoying behavior: whenever you switch to an application (which was previously minimized), it first activates fine, but then blinks. It does not happen when focus is on the application which is being minimized/restored. And with Firefox it happens all the time. To better explain, I've recorded a video, which is available at:

Also, option "Clicking the active app hides it" does not work. Whether this checkbox is ticked or not, active applications are always being hidden.

In addition, some applications do not respect borders of ubar3 - when you maximize them, they are overlapped by ubar. In such cases, restarting the ubar after the application has launched helps. This never happens with the dock.

I'm running ubar 3.1.6, OSX 10.11.4 on a 15 MBP Mid 2014
 
Would be nice at least to receive some feedback regarding mentioned above problems. I've paid for the software, but cannot really use it (nor can I refund it - sadly). For the moment I am back to using default OSX dock, which does not have mentioned issues.
 
Bug report: Not sure what caused it, but sometimes the preview image displayed is corrupted. (10.10.5)

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Also, is there a feature to show uBar on all monitors?
 
Hi,

First, thank you for the great software!

I have a question, a feature request and a bug report :)

Question: Is there a way to change uB start button with user defined .png image?

Feature request: Please add the ability to re-order of apps on the taskbar by simply dragging them to left/right (similar to Windows/Gnome taskbar)

Bug report: uBar doesn't hide with fullscreen apps in the same screen (not in separate screen). To reproduce - open youtube and play any video in full screen. Alternatively install Plex Home Theater and switch to full screen via the "\" key.

Thanks,
Mihail
 
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Hello, I recently joined the team of the uBar 3 happy users :D

Also have few questions - first, will repeat the screamerbg one: Is there a way to change uB start button with user defined .png image? - really would like to see this feature implemented, in case not possible with .png file at least add more options f.e. :apple: - Apple logo.

Another one suggestion - is it possible to have all year calendar months, and change them similar to Windows task bar calendar.

And one bug report - I am Lotus Notes user, I have integrated IBM instant messenger, called Sametime - sometimes the window grouping not working after opening the ST chat window, and I have to restart uBar - after restart everything is ok.

Cheers.
 
Being able to rearrange favourites by dragging them around would a nice addition. The right click 'move forward/back' feels a bit slow & clunky when you want to do several moves of the same icon.
 
Bug: uBar shows the wrong badge count / sometimes no badge at all for Airmail - screenshot below comparing OS X Dock to uBar.

Edit: Bug: Fabric despite showing in the dock, does not show in uBar at all unless you quit & relaunch uBar. As soon as you quit Fabric though the bug comes back and you have to repeat the relaunch.
 

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Does anyone know if this is still in development? It seems a bit buggy under Sierra and there seems to be a distinct lack of activity compared to what there once was from the developer on this forum & Twitter.
 
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