ExtraBar Docs

ExtraBar is a customizable macOS menu bar for quick access to apps, deep links, and custom actions.

Getting Started

• Introduction
  • What is ExtraBar?
  • Who is it for?
  • How is it different from Bartender or Ice?
• Installation
  • Requirements
  • Download
  • Setup
  • Optional: Accessibility
  • Uninstall
• Quick Start
  • Create your first action
  • Global hotkeys
  • Keyboard Navigation
  • Quick actions to try

Setting Up Your Bar

• Organizing Your Bar
  • By preset
  • By app
  • By action
  • Which approach fits you
• Presets
  • How presets work
  • Creating a preset
  • Managing presets
  • Preset hotkeys
  • Export and import
• Inline Mode
  • How it works
  • Setting up Inline Mode
• Menu Mode
  • Setting up Menu Mode
  • Icon customization
  • Navigation

Actions & Automation

• Actions
  • Adding an action
  • Action types
  • Which actions are available
• Deep Links
  • Adding a deep link
  • How templates work
  • Built-in templates
  • Custom deep links
  • Paste a link
• Scripts
  • Adding a script action
  • Script source
  • Supported languages
  • Arguments
  • Shell environment
  • Output window
• Widgets
  • Adding a widget
  • Action widget
  • Folder widget
  • Bookmark widget
• Examples
  • Keyboard Maestro
  • BetterTouchTool
  • Raycast
  • Apple Shortcuts
  • Obsidian
  • Notion
  • Things 3
  • Drafts
  • Fantastical
  • DEVONthink
  • OmniFocus
  • Bear
  • Craft
  • Todoist
  • 1Password
  • GoodTask
  • Spark Mail
  • Ulysses

Customization

• Appearance
  • Background style
  • Background and tint colors
  • Border
  • Corner radius
  • App icon
  • Menu bar icon
  • Reset
• Custom Icons
  • Changing an icon
  • Importing icons
  • Icon library
  • Tips
• Keyboard Navigation
  • Activating keyboard mode
  • Quick selection
  • Navigation
  • In-menu navigation
  • Click behavior modes
  • Menu bar mode
  • Accessibility permission
  • Global hotkeys
  • Preset hotkeys
• Accessibility
  • Bar size
  • Item labels

Bookmarks

• Bookmark Manager
  • Getting started
  • Bookmarks
  • Folders
  • Tags
  • Bookmark widget
  • Import and export
  • Sync and offline
  • Plans