macOS Menu bar visible in fullscreen with second monitor

My Environment

• macOS Sierra (10.12.3)
• MacBook Pro 2016
• VLC Version: Reproduced on both current released (2.2.4) and latest master (nightly build equivalent).

Steps to reproduce

• Attach a second monitor (TV) via usb-c to hdmi cable.
• Play any video.
• Make VLC full screen on the second monitor.
• Select a window in another app, e.g. Chrome, on your attached MacBook display.

Expected

• The video should still be fullscreen on the second monitor.

Actual

• The video now shows a translucent Menu Bar for VLC on the second monitor (See Attached Screenshot).
• The Menu Bar disappears if you click on the playing video again.

Other Notes

• I initially thought this was an issue with macOS in general, but I discovered that other apps, e.g. Chrome, allow you to do the above without showing the Menu Bar.
• The fullscreen button in VLC is no longer the macOS default, which changed as of Yosemite, I believe. I wonder if perhaps using the new default behavior might help with this issue?

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Added attachment:

• screenshot_vlc_fullscreen_other_monitor_active.png

Original author: ben plowman

I can reproduce, and indeed it doesn't happen with Quicktime.

I'll let the macOS developer handle the rest though :)

assigned to @ePirat and unassigned @MigrationBot

Please switch to native fullscreen and check if the issue is reproducible that way too.

I am not sure there is a workaround for this with the non-native fullscreen, as this happens with other apps for me too, but will certainly look into it.

Hey ePirat,

Happy to help you reproduce, but I'm not sure what you mean by "switch to native fullscreen". Going to the menu and clicking Video -> Fullscreen, double clicking the video, and cmd+F all seem to show the same behavior. Is there another way of going into fullscreen you'd like me to check?

Cheers,

Plowman

Original author: ben plowman

Turns on: Preferences > Video > Use the native fullscreen mode, that should workaround your problem.

I can reproduce it but it is not trivial to fix currently, sorry.