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Collapse Mode#

Collapse Mode groups all your bar items behind a single icon. Click it to open a dropdown with all your apps and actions organized in a menu.

Collapse Mode is configured per preset — each preset remembers whether it's collapsed and what its menu icon looks like.

Setting up Collapse Mode#

  1. Open ExtraBar → Settings (⚙) → Collapse Mode
  2. Toggle Collapse for the preset you want

You can also toggle it from the ExtraBar app menu (Enable Collapse Mode) or with the Toggle Collapse Mode hotkey (see Keyboard Navigation).

Icon customization#

Choose what the collapsed menu icon looks like for each preset. Four icon types are available:

  • App Icon — Use the ExtraBar app icon
  • SF Symbol — Pick any SF Symbol from the built-in picker
  • Emoji — Use a single emoji as the icon
  • Text — Use a single letter or character

For SF Symbols and text, you can also set a custom color from the presets or the color picker.

Navigation#

Choose how you navigate the collapsed menu under Settings (⚙) → Collapse Mode → Menu Navigation:

  • Quick Select — Press 1–9 or A–Z to jump to items directly
  • Arrow Keys — Navigate with the arrow keys

Merging the app menu#

Under Settings (⚙) → General → App Menu, you can choose how ExtraBar's own menu icon behaves:

  • Show separately — The ExtraBar app menu stays as its own icon (default)
  • Hide — Hides the app menu icon; Settings stay reachable by right-clicking the bar or any icon
  • Merge into bar — Combines the app menu and your bar items into one icon. When merged, Collapse Mode is locked on for the active preset.