Optional conditional auto-show rules for menu bar icons

[6zc]

Hi, thanks for building THAW. I have a feature suggestion inspired by a workflow available in Bartender, the paid menu bar management app.

For my personal setup, I prefer to keep some status icons hidden most of the time, but automatically show them when their status changes or may need my attention. For example:

• I usually do not need to see the Wi-Fi icon when Wi-Fi is connected, but I would like it to appear when Wi-Fi is disconnected.
• I usually do not need to see the battery icon while my Mac is charging, but I would like it to appear when it is not charging, or when the battery level is below a certain threshold.

It would be great if THAW could support optional conditional visibility rules for menu bar items, such as:

• Hide the Wi-Fi icon when connected, show it when disconnected.
• Hide the battery icon when charging, show it when not charging.
• Show the battery icon when battery level is below a user-defined threshold.
• Allow users to configure these rules per menu bar item.

This would let users who prefer a cleaner menu bar keep certain icons hidden by default, while still surfacing them automatically in situations they personally care about.

Thanks for considering this idea.

[diazdesandi]

Thanks for the idea and for explaining your workflow in detail.

This feature is already being tracked as the “triggers” request in issue #422, so I’ll close this discussion as a duplicate and we can continue the conversation there.