NotchMissionControl

The easiest Mission Control trigger for your MacBook notch: throw your pointer at the top center and let Mission Control pop open, because three fingers deserve a break!

노치에 마우스만 툭 던지면 Mission Control이 바로 열립니다. 세 손가락은 이제 연차 쓰세요!

NotchMissionControl is a tiny macOS menu bar app that turns the real MacBook notch, plus the top-center area of external displays, into an invisible Mission Control hot zone.

Features

• Trigger Mission Control by moving the pointer into the top-center notch zone.
• Keep the normal three-finger trackpad gesture unchanged.
• Use the real MacBook notch gap when available.
• Use an invisible virtual notch zone on external displays.
• Suppress repeat triggers while Mission Control is already active.
• Tune display scope, hit zone size, cooldown, and trigger method from the menu bar.

Install

Download NotchMissionControl-1.0.2.zip from the latest release, unzip it, and open NotchMissionControl.app.

For launch at login, add the app in macOS:

System Settings -> General -> Login Items & Extensions -> Open at Login

Build From Source

swift build
swift run NotchMissionControl

Build A Local App Bundle

./scripts/build-app.sh
open dist/NotchMissionControl.app

The script creates and ad-hoc signs a local app bundle at dist/NotchMissionControl.app.

Notes

• NotchMissionControl opens /System/Applications/Mission Control.app first.
• The keyboard shortcut fallback may require macOS Accessibility permission.
• Mission Control active-state detection uses Dock-owned overlay windows because macOS does not expose a public Mission Control state API.