Ignoring the notch entirely

[kadrach]

Hey all! Is there a way to completely ignore the notch on Apple Silicon macbook, and treat the display as a larger rectangle (i.e. think negative top padding)? I've played around with external_bar without much luck.

I've played with a few of the suggestions in #1060, but this seems to primarily focus on users that want a bar.

[HeySora]

@kadrach A simple way to do so is by editing the source code itself:

yabai/src/workspace.m

Lines 102 to 115 in 206c0d6

	int workspace_display_notch_height(uint32_t did)
	{
	if (!CGDisplayIsBuiltin(did)) return 0;
	if (__builtin_available(macos 12.0, *)) {
	for (NSScreen *screen in [NSScreen screens]) {
	if ([[[screen deviceDescription] objectForKey:@"NSScreenNumber"] unsignedIntValue] == did) {
	return screen.safeAreaInsets.top;
	}
	}
	}
	return 0;
	}

This function simply needs to always return 0;, like this:

 int workspace_display_notch_height(uint32_t did) 
 { 
     return 0; 
 } 

[koekeishiya]

It is not possible to move an arbitrary window on macOS behind the area that is reserved for the notch; I've already experimented with this and confirmed this limitation. It is possible as an application developer to force a window up there, but it cannot be done by a third-party application to arbitrary windows.

I did the above test on Monterey, and I assume that the same applies to Ventura.