Hidden Om-Bar

Collapse Omarchy bar widgets behind a chevron so the bar stays quiet until you need it.

Inspired by Hidden Bar for macOS, but this is a different plugin with a different name: it hides Omarchy shell widgets, not macOS menu extras.

Expanded

Collapsed

Install

omarchy plugin add https://github.com/skuthus/hidden-ombar.git --enable

Omarchy will warn that third-party plugins run unsandboxed, then ask which bar section to use. Right is the usual choice.

Place the chevron after the widgets you want to hide (drag widgets on the bar, or use omarchy bar move). Everything before the chevron in that section collapses. Everything after it stays visible.

Example: tray, network, audio, Hidden Om-Bar, clock — tray/network/audio tuck away; the clock stays put.

Usage

• Left click the chevron to expand or collapse
• Right click to open preferences
• Middle click to toggle auto-collapse
• Drag the chevron (or neighboring widgets) to choose what is hidden
• The bar starts expanded for a second, then collapses, matching Hidden Bar

Preferences

Setting	Default	Meaning
Auto collapse	on	Collapse again after a delay
Collapse after	10s	5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 seconds
Hover to expand	off	Hold the pointer on the chevron to peek
Hide widgets before this icon	on	Off hides widgets after the chevron instead

Auto-collapse waits while the pointer is on the bar, while you drag widgets, or while the preferences card is open.

Keyboard shortcut

omarchy-shell skuthus.hidden-om-bar toggle
omarchy-shell skuthus.hidden-om-bar expand
omarchy-shell skuthus.hidden-om-bar collapse

Example Hyprland bind in ~/.config/hypr/bindings.lua:

o.bind("SUPER + SHIFT + H", nil, "omarchy-shell skuthus.hidden-om-bar toggle")

Remove

omarchy plugin remove skuthus.hidden-om-bar --yes

Widget settings live in that plugin's layout entry in ~/.config/omarchy/shell.json. Removing the plugin takes the entry with it. No other files are written.

License

MIT. Not affiliated with Hidden Bar or Dwarves Foundation.