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• Built-in support for customizable global keyboard shortcut to toggle the Touch Bar window (#71)
• Don't highlight menu bar item when left-clicking (#72)

https://github.com/sindresorhus/touch-bar-simulator/compare/v4.1.0...v4.2.0

• Add "Padding" slider to control distance from edge while docked https://github.com/sindresorhus/touch-bar-simulator/commit/883adc7db27f8f551f6a43a44418299b61941f4c

https://github.com/sindresorhus/touch-bar-simulator/compare/v4.0.0...v4.1.0

• Require macOS 10.15 https://github.com/sindresorhus/touch-bar-simulator/commit/2ecf880c03457125eafc2556ed97a7c362288000
• Don't bork Touch Bar on MacBook Pro 16inch https://github.com/sindresorhus/touch-bar-simulator/commit/bc77393ededc7ea7ad6b42264533f34bcf1d485a
• Add "Launch at Login" preference https://github.com/sindresorhus/touch-bar-simulator/commit/2aab75f045f279416ebba040ca48b5914268f6e2
• Add check for accessibility permission https://github.com/sindresorhus/touch-bar-simulator/commit/e89f8eb753780898862745021c734c38477d18a9

Important: There is a problem with using this on Catalina. If you launch Xcode or relaunch Touch Bar Simulator, you will no longer be able to interact (click) with the Touch Bar view until you restart your computer. Which is not ideal. So if you want to use this reliably; don't launch Xcode and don't restart this app.

https://github.com/sindresorhus/touch-bar-simulator/compare/v3.2.0...v4.0.0

Enhancements:

• Add ability to auto-hide/show Touch Bar just like the Dock https://github.com/sindresorhus/touch-bar-simulator/commit/4a4a68ca73eae20a0b75db055f62ecfca1792034

Fixes:

• Auto-adjust docked position to match available screen space https://github.com/sindresorhus/touch-bar-simulator/commit/c184ba5cc52e95b1e1783881731960fcbea29534

Thanks to @Mortennn and @ThatsJustCheesy for making this release possible 🙌

• Show touch bar window during customization https://github.com/sindresorhus/touch-bar-simulator/commit/23f7c1ca46a99afa532253564c006c03e1448c1f

You can now toggle Touch Bar Simulator from the menu bar. You can also dock it to the top and bottom of the screen.

Clicking the menu bar icon toggles the Touch Bar window.

Right-clicking or option-clicking the menu bar icon displays a menu with various actions.

Huge thanks to @ThatsJustCheesy for implementing it. 🎉

This a rewrite of the app for Mojave-only. The app should be faster to launch and it will be easier to add additional features in future versions.

Important: When opening the app for the first time, click somewhere inside the Touch Bar, and you'll be prompted to allow the app to access accessibility features. Click "Open System Preferences" and check "Touch Bar Simulator.app" in the list.

Full details

Xcode 10 moved the required private symbols needed to trigger the Touch Bar simulator into the main IDEKit framework, which has a lot of dependencies on its own. I managed to get it working by including all those frameworks, but the app ended up being 700 MB... I then went back to the drawing board. I discovered a way to communicate with the Touch Bar simulator directly.

You can now toggle the Touch Bar in the system Services menu. You can also set up a keyboard shortcut for this in System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Services → Toggle Touch Bar.

• Added a transparency slider. (Thanks to @yycking)
• Added update notifications.
• Now released as a DMG instead of ZIP, as it's more user-friendly.

First release