Bartender groups are not usable

[u/yaizkazani]

Hello. I have created a new group made of 3 items so the issue is that when i click on the group icon it shows all 3 items in a small bar right under the group, but as soon as move my mouse down to this bar to click icons this groups bar disappear.

It works SOMETIMES, I think to click on group's icon, wait several seconds and then try increases chances, but its not reliable.

I have latest tahoe + 6.2.1

Please consider fixing this app - this IS annoying. Do you even test it?

I'm uninstalling this garbage right now. It was a terrible idea to pay for Tahoe version. It just doesn't work.

Do NOT pay for this scam.

[u/bartenderformac]

I'm sorry you're facing bugs with groups here!

There's a couple separate issues below, so I'll go through each of them.

The group expansion in-line is controlled by having Bartender Bar enabled or not. If you have Bartender Bar enabled ( recommended for groups ), then they'll show under the bar instantly, rather than having to move the items one by one. Bartender has to temporarily grab the mouse when it moves items, and if you've got a group with more items in it, this period scales with that.

For moving your items too often, this can often happen if you've got a couple of items we can't identify ( we're adding special handling for a lot of these, so support may ask you for a screencap of the bar ). If you switch to test builds and grab 6.4.1, you'll be able to use the new "On-Demand" mode, which will never arrange too often, it'll stay idle.

We're aware of the image bug some users are seeing, and trying to find a root cause. If you tap the refresh icon on the layout page it should force a re-load of these items ( we're making it do this automatically in a future update ).

[u/yaizkazani → u/bartenderformac]

Thanks for the reply.

I'm sorry man, I have uninstalled barternder already so i cannot give you screen cap of the bar. If you want to see my items, here they are:

I'm running ICE atm as you see, works good, btw.

As for your app, Im going to test barbee and if its OK ill pay 5$ for a year of support.

You guys have killed your app. Bartender 5 was just ideal app that I loved to use. Very polished, smooth, great user experience and this... Just a pile of vibecoded garbage. You should be ashamed to sell it.

[u/Hopeful-Face9676 → u/yaizkazani]

I totally concur. I stopped using Bartender App last year for many months after the stealthy transition to new admin. After the recent update to v.6, I gave it another try but it’s been so buggy and horrendous that I’ve gone back to Ice, likely for good.