New 2021 14" and 16" MacBook Pro - What happens, when "auto-hide" menu bar?

[TheralSadurns]

Hi to everyone who has just bought a 14" or 16" MBP. And congrats

One thing that I have wondered... and that NO ONE has addressed so far (to my knowledge)...

macOS has the option to automatically hide the menu bar on the desktop. I guess very few people are using it... and yet... I wonder how the new MBPs are dealing with it.


It'd be cool if any of you could test it... and take a PHOTO (as a screenshot won't do much) of your new MBP... after you went to

"System Preferences/Dock & Menu Bar" and ticked the option "Automatically hide and show the menu bar on desktop".

 

[Lobwedgephil]

What are you curious about? The menu bar disappears when selected, until you place your mouse where it would be.

 

[TheralSadurns]

What are you curious about? The menu bar disappears when selected, until you place your mouse where it would be.

Simple.
There are multiple possibilites how the new MBPs might handle it.

a) they don't even offer this option
b) they offer the option, but then scale the entire display, similar to the option in the Get Info panel
c) they simply don't show a menu bar, resulting in applications that, when maximized, have a part of them cut out/off.
d) Applications only fill the area below the notch, as if the menu bar were there... but instead there's nothing (most unlikely option I guess).

 

[rich06]

Check this youtube vid around here

he's messing around with VS Code with the menu bar set to auto-hide - hope that helps

 

[TheralSadurns]

Check this youtube vid around here

he's messing around with VS Code with the menu bar set to auto-hide - hope that helps

Right on. This is it.
So it IS actually my option (d)... that I thought was the most unlikely. What is interesting tho... that you CAN drag windows beyond the notch-less area... but after letting go, they just snap back to below the notch...

Thanks for sharing! And good to know.
While I'm not in the market for a new MBP... I sometimes hide the menu bar for demo sessions, when I share my screen or project it... in situation where fullscreen mode would not cut it (e.g. when the application I am showing will spawn multiple windows...).