Usable screen space in a Mac

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narcisfromgirona OP

Created Aug ’21

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(Swift, macOS, storyboards)

I can find the total height of the screen: let totalHight = NSScreen.main?.frame.height

To know the real space I have to subtract 23 px for the Menu Bar.

let usableHight = totalHight - 23

But on some occasions the user may not have the Menu Bar active (System Preferences > General > uncheck Automatically hide and show the menu bar)

Is there a way to know if the Menu Bar is hidden or show? or perhaps there is another way to know the real usable height of the screen?

Answered by Claude31 in 686342022

Try the following

let usableHight = NSMenu.menuBarVisible() ? totalHight - 23 : totalHight

Here is a simple test that works:

        let totalHeight = 400
        var usableHeight = NSMenu.menuBarVisible() ? totalHeight - 23 : totalHeight
        print(usableHeight)
        NSMenu.setMenuBarVisible(false)
        usableHeight = NSMenu.menuBarVisible() ? totalHeight - 23 : totalHeight
        print(usableHeight)

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Answer 1

Claude31 OP

Aug ’21

Did you try to use menuBarVisible ?

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsmenu/1518236-menubarvisible

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Answer 2

Claude31 OP

Aug ’21

Accepted Answer

Try the following

let usableHight = NSMenu.menuBarVisible() ? totalHight - 23 : totalHight

Here is a simple test that works:

        let totalHeight = 400
        var usableHeight = NSMenu.menuBarVisible() ? totalHeight - 23 : totalHeight
        print(usableHeight)
        NSMenu.setMenuBarVisible(false)
        usableHeight = NSMenu.menuBarVisible() ? totalHeight - 23 : totalHeight
        print(usableHeight)

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Answer 3

Claude31 OP

Aug ’21

Try the following

let usableHight = NSMenu.menuBarVisible() ? totalHight - 23 : totalHight

Here is a simple test that works:

        let totalHeight = 400
        var usableHeight = NSMenu.menuBarVisible() ? totalHeight - 23 : totalHeight
        print(usableHeight)
        NSMenu.setMenuBarVisible(false)
        usableHeight = NSMenu.menuBarVisible() ? totalHeight - 23 : totalHeight
        print(usableHeight)

yields:

377
hides menu bar
400

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