OSX Menu Bar when in full screen mode
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Shaddam IV
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I don't think so. Try running your VM in a window and make that Window exactly as large as your screen, minus the OS X menu bar.
Dave Spackman
Parallels Team
Hotkeys show PS X menu bar when in full screen mode
BernhardB, et al,
Whether using a single display or multiple displays, and using Spaces or not, there is an easy way to access
the OS X Dock and Menu Bar when the guest OS is in full screen mode. the Ctrl+Option keys will temporarily
display both. If you have your Dock hidden, then it will not show but the Menu Bar still appears. If you have
the Dock hidden, you can simply use the Command+Option+D to toggle the show/hide functions. Give it a try
-David
BernhardB, et al,
Whether using a single display or multiple displays, and using Spaces or not, there is an easy way to access
the OS X Dock and Menu Bar when the guest OS is in full screen mode. the Ctrl+Option keys will temporarily
display both. If you have your Dock hidden, then it will not show but the Menu Bar still appears. If you have
the Dock hidden, you can simply use the Command+Option+D to toggle the show/hide functions. Give it a try
-David
David, thank you for your answer.
I am aware of the hot keys. I could a) agree or I would b) still like to disagree and this looks this in an argument:
a) I would agree and say: Yes, there is a solution to my problem and it simply consists in pressing keys. No worries.
b) I still like to disagree because I see OS X compliancy violated. And the compliancy says to me that I want the menubar available "at at glance" for quick information access - just as it is available in any other OS X application. And I want the mouse over on a hidden dock - just as it is available in any other OSX application.
And because I understand that many others are happy with the full screen mode as it is, I am simply suggesting that there should be an option.
Since PD is singular in both cases, it causes awkward situations, especially on a multi monitor setups, and these situations are like this "I need a quick glance at the menubar. Oh, I am not on my second monitor, and now it need to extra use my keyboard." Or when wanting to access the dock, I sometimes first click my second monitor because then I know, I will get the dock on mouse over.
Full OS X compliancy would feel fluent. Everything else is OK, but just not fluent, which is like bumps in road while driving.
Do you understand this?
I am aware of the hot keys. I could a) agree or I would b) still like to disagree and this looks this in an argument:
a) I would agree and say: Yes, there is a solution to my problem and it simply consists in pressing keys. No worries.
b) I still like to disagree because I see OS X compliancy violated. And the compliancy says to me that I want the menubar available "at at glance" for quick information access - just as it is available in any other OS X application. And I want the mouse over on a hidden dock - just as it is available in any other OSX application.
And because I understand that many others are happy with the full screen mode as it is, I am simply suggesting that there should be an option.
Since PD is singular in both cases, it causes awkward situations, especially on a multi monitor setups, and these situations are like this "I need a quick glance at the menubar. Oh, I am not on my second monitor, and now it need to extra use my keyboard." Or when wanting to access the dock, I sometimes first click my second monitor because then I know, I will get the dock on mouse over.
Full OS X compliancy would feel fluent. Everything else is OK, but just not fluent, which is like bumps in road while driving.
Do you understand this?