Every feature, explained.

01

Shown, Hidden and Always hidden

Every menu bar icon goes in one of three places, and you decide which.

• Shown: always in the menu bar, like now.
• Hidden: tucked away, and back with a click, a hover or a shortcut.
• Always hidden: never in the bar, only in the transom panel. Good for icons you use once a month.
• transom's own icon marks where the hidden ones start.

02

Show them your way

Click the transom icon, hover over the menu bar, scroll on it, or press a shortcut.

• Click transom's icon to show the hidden icons.
• Optional: hover over the menu bar (with a short delay you can set), or scroll on it.
• Shortcut: Control-Option-Command-M by default. Record your own in Settings.
• They hide again after 5 seconds or when the pointer leaves, whichever you pick.

Default shortcuts: ⌃⌥⌘M

03

The transom panel

A small drop-down under the menu bar with every hidden icon. Click one and its menu opens.

• Lists your Hidden and Always hidden icons, each with its app's name.
• Click an icon and its menu opens, just as if you'd clicked it in the bar.
• Works from the keyboard too: arrow keys to move, Return to open.
• With Screen Recording allowed, it shows a picture of each icon. Without it, the app's own icon and name.

04

Notch rescue

On a MacBook with a notch, transom spots icons stuck behind it and brings them back.

• When there are more icons than fit, macOS puts some behind the notch, where you can't see or click them.
• transom notices which ones, shows a small badge on its icon, and offers to move them to the panel.
• Those icons then open from the panel like any other.

05

Find any icon by typing

Press Control-Option-Space, type a few letters of an app or item, press Return.

• A search field opens over the menu bar.
• Type part of the app's name; the best match is picked for you.
• Return opens that item's menu, whether it's shown, hidden or behind the notch.

Default shortcuts: ⌃⌥Space

06

Arrange by dragging

Settings shows every icon in its section. Drag to move or reorder, and transom does the rest.

• Drag an icon between Shown, Hidden and Always hidden, or change the order.
• transom moves the real icons for you, after a short “Hands off the mouse for a moment” notice.
• Prefer the classic way? Command-drag in the menu bar still works, and transom keeps up.

07

Profiles for each set of displays

Save layouts and switch automatically when you plug in a display, or from Shortcuts.

• For example “Desk” with your external display, and “Laptop” on its own.
• transom switches to the right one when your displays change.
• Or switch from the Shortcuts app or a link (transom://profile/Desk), so a Focus can change your layout.

08

Spacing

Tighter or wider gaps between menu bar icons, with a Reset button.

• Fit more icons in a crowded bar, or give them room to breathe.
• Some apps pick up the new spacing only after they're reopened; transom tells you so.
• Reset puts the macOS default back.

09

Your choice of transom icon

A fan light, a chevron, a dot or a thin line, and it can show how many icons are hidden.

• Pick the style that suits your bar.
• Or hide transom's icon while everything is collapsed.
• Optional count of hidden icons.

10

Shortcuts and links

Actions for the Shortcuts app, and transom:// links for scripts and automations.

• Shortcuts actions: Show hidden icons, Hide icons, Switch profile.
• Links: transom://show, transom://hide, transom://search and transom://profile/<name>.

11

Safe by design

Nothing moves without you. One click puts everything back. Quitting shows everything.

• transom only moves an icon when you ask it to.
• “Show everything” in its menu (or transom://reset) puts every icon back in view in one go.
• When transom quits, every hidden icon comes back.

12

Set up in a minute

Four short steps: what it does, Accessibility, optional Screen Recording, and what to hide.

• Each permission is explained in plain words, and checked live so you never wonder whether it worked.
• It suggests hiding whatever is behind the notch first.

13

Pay once, no account

One licence key for 2 Macs. No subscription, no sign-up.

• Activate with the key from your order email.
• Move it to another Mac whenever you like.
• The only thing transom sends is the licence check.

14

Accessible

Full keyboard use, VoiceOver labels and Reduce Motion support.

• Everything in the panel and Settings works from the keyboard.
• Every control has a VoiceOver label.
• With Reduce Motion on, nothing slides or fades.