Pretty much every application I use in full-screen (including Firefox, MacVim and the Terminal) have tabs on the top of the screen.
The problem is that when I move my mouse to reach the tabs I'll often accidentally touch the top of the screen, bringing in the OS menu OVER the tabs:
Is there any way to change this behavior? I'd prefer it if the menu bar would stay hidden when I'm using a full-screen app, even if my mouse does touch the top of the screen.
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variable one could edit. But so far I've not heard about anything like that. It is especially annoying when using a VM in full screen. Ubuntu has the menubar at the top and I like it that way. But I'm constantly triggering the OSX menu bar to appear. :(Ctrl
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) or, it appears, operate any of the menu bar's items via their assigned keyboard shortcuts, either :(. But it DOES get rid of the menu bar out-right if you really want to get rid of it for a specific program. Download 'PresentYourApps' (it's on CNET), run the app you want to remove the menu bar for, run PreentYourApps and set the options for that app accordingly. It'll modify the app and restart it.