Merge pull request #456 from Araxeus/hide-menu-initial-alert

alert on initial hide-menu enabled

index.js

@@ -341,6 +341,14 @@ app.on("ready", () => {
 		});
 	}
 
+	if (config.get("options.hideMenu") && !config.get("options.hideMenuWarned")) {
+		electron.dialog.showMessageBox(mainWindow, {
+			type: 'info', title: 'Hide Menu Enabled',
+			message: "Menu is hidden, use 'Alt' to show it (or 'Escape' if using in-app-menu)"
+		});
+		config.set("options.hideMenuWarned", true);
+	}
+
 	// Optimized for Mac OS X
 	if (is.macOS() && !config.get("options.appVisible")) {
 		app.dock.hide();

menu.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const { existsSync } = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 
-const { app, Menu } = require("electron");
+const { app, Menu, dialog } = require("electron");
 const is = require("electron-is");
 
 const { getAllPlugins } = require("./plugins/utils");
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ const mainMenuTemplate = (win) => {
 							checked: config.get("options.hideMenu"),
 							click: (item) => {
 								config.set("options.hideMenu", item.checked);
+								if (item.checked && !config.get("options.hideMenuWarned")) {
+									dialog.showMessageBox(win, {
+										type: 'info', title: 'Hide Menu Enabled',
+										message: "Menu will be hidden on next launch, use 'Alt' to show it (or 'Escape' if using in-app-menu)"
+									});
+								}
 							},
 						},
 					]

readme.md

@@ -42,10 +42,11 @@ Install the `youtube-music-bin` package from the AUR. For AUR installation instr
 - **Downloader**: downloads MP3 [directly from the interface](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/61631665/129977677-83a7d067-c192-45e1-98ae-b5a4927393be.png) [(youtube-dl)](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl)
 - **Hide video player**: no video in the interface when playing music
 - **In-app menu**: [gives bars a fancy, dark look](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/78568641/112215894-923dbf00-8c29-11eb-95c3-3ce15db27eca.png)
+  > (see [this post](https://github.com/th-ch/youtube-music/issues/410#issuecomment-952060709) if you have problem accessing the menu after enabling this plugin and hide-menu option)
 - [**Last.fm**](https://www.last.fm/): scrobbles support
 - **Navigation**: next/back navigation arrows directly integrated in the interface, like in your favorite browser
 - **No Google Login**: remove Google login buttons and links from the interface
-- **Notifications**: display a [notification](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/78568641/114102651-63ce0e00-98d0-11eb-9dfe-c5a02bb54f9c.png) when a song starts playing
+- **Notifications**: display a notification when a song starts playing ([interactive notifications](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/78568641/114102651-63ce0e00-98d0-11eb-9dfe-c5a02bb54f9c.png) are available on windows)
 - **Playback speed**: listen fast, listen slow! [Adds a slider that controls song speed](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/61631665/129976003-e55db5ba-bf42-448c-a059-26a009775e68.png)
 - **Precise volume**: customizable volume steps for more comfort, allows controlling the volume precisely using mousewheel
 - **Quality changer**: change video quality
@@ -55,6 +56,8 @@ Install the `youtube-music-bin` package from the AUR. For AUR installation instr
 - **Touchbar**: custom TouchBar layout for macOS
 - **Auto confirm when paused** (Always Enabled): disable the ["Continue Watching?"](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/61631665/129977894-01c60740-7ec6-4bf0-9a2c-25da24491b0e.png) popup that pause music after a certain time
 
+> If using `Hide Menu` option - you can show the menu with the `alt` key (or `escape` if using the in-app-menu plugin)
+
 ## Dev
 
 ```sh