From 0d76ffd66dc46d7490de9a67a723108b19806092 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timon <me@timon.zip>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 09:26:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Desktop: Mac remove menubar flicker (#3335)

* remove unnecessary folders from bundling for mac

* mac remove menu bar flicker

* clean up implementation
---
 desktop/bundle/src/mac.rs      |  5 ---
 desktop/src/window/mac/menu.rs | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/desktop/bundle/src/mac.rs b/desktop/bundle/src/mac.rs
index adad20ff..08a5279c 100644
--- a/desktop/bundle/src/mac.rs
+++ b/desktop/bundle/src/mac.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ const HELPER_BIN: &str = "graphite-desktop-platform-mac-helper";
 
 const EXEC_PATH: &str = "Contents/MacOS";
 const FRAMEWORKS_PATH: &str = "Contents/Frameworks";
-const RESOURCES_PATH: &str = "Contents/Resources";
 const FRAMEWORK: &str = "Chromium Embedded Framework.framework";
 
 pub fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
@@ -56,10 +55,6 @@ fn create_app(app_dir: &Path, id: &str, name: &str, bin: &Path, is_helper: bool)
 	fs::create_dir_all(app_dir.join(EXEC_PATH)).unwrap();
 
 	let app_contents_dir: &Path = &app_dir.join("Contents");
-	for p in &[EXEC_PATH, RESOURCES_PATH, FRAMEWORKS_PATH] {
-		fs::create_dir_all(app_contents_dir.join(p)).unwrap();
-	}
-
 	create_info_plist(app_contents_dir, id, name, is_helper).unwrap();
 	fs::copy(bin, app_dir.join(EXEC_PATH).join(name)).unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/desktop/src/window/mac/menu.rs b/desktop/src/window/mac/menu.rs
index cc4ca073..e2b437a9 100644
--- a/desktop/src/window/mac/menu.rs
+++ b/desktop/src/window/mac/menu.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use muda::Menu as MudaMenu;
 use muda::accelerator::Accelerator;
-use muda::{AboutMetadataBuilder, CheckMenuItem, IsMenuItem, MenuEvent, MenuId, MenuItem, MenuItemKind, PredefinedMenuItem, Submenu};
+use muda::{AboutMetadataBuilder, CheckMenuItem, IsMenuItem, MenuEvent, MenuId, MenuItem, MenuItemKind, PredefinedMenuItem, Result, Submenu};
 
 use crate::event::{AppEvent, AppEventScheduler};
 use crate::wrapper::messages::MenuItem as WrapperMenuItem;
@@ -38,14 +38,26 @@ impl Menu {
 	}
 
 	pub(super) fn update(&self, entries: Vec<WrapperMenuItem>) {
-		// remove all items except the first (app menu)
-		self.inner.items().iter().skip(1).for_each(|item: &muda::MenuItemKind| {
-			self.inner.remove(menu_item_kind_to_dyn(item)).unwrap();
-		});
+		let new_entries = menu_items_from_wrapper(entries);
+		let existing_entries = self.inner.items();
 
-		let items = menu_items_from_wrapper(entries);
-		let items = items.iter().map(|item| menu_item_kind_to_dyn(item)).collect::<Vec<&dyn IsMenuItem>>();
-		self.inner.append_items(items.as_ref()).unwrap();
+		let mut new_entries_iter = new_entries.iter();
+		let mut existing_entries_iter = existing_entries.iter().skip(1); // Skip first menu (app menu)
+
+		let incremental_update_ok = std::iter::from_fn(move || match (existing_entries_iter.next(), new_entries_iter.next()) {
+			(Some(MenuItemKind::Submenu(old)), Some(MenuItemKind::Submenu(new))) if old.text() == new.text() => {
+				replace_children(old, 0, new.items());
+				Some(true)
+			}
+			(None, None) => None,
+			_ => Some(false),
+		})
+		.all(|b| b);
+
+		if !incremental_update_ok {
+			// Fallback to full replace
+			replace_children(&self.inner, 1, new_entries); // Skip first menu (app menu)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -97,3 +109,48 @@ fn u64_to_menu_id(id: u64) -> String {
 fn menu_id_to_u64(id: &MenuId) -> Option<u64> {
 	u64::from_str_radix(&id.0, 16).ok()
 }
+
+fn replace_children<'a, T: Into<MenuContainer<'a>>>(menu: T, skip: usize, new_items: Vec<MenuItemKind>) {
+	let menu: MenuContainer = menu.into();
+	let items = menu.items();
+	for item in items.iter().skip(skip) {
+		menu.remove(menu_item_kind_to_dyn(item)).unwrap();
+	}
+	let items = new_items.iter().map(|item| menu_item_kind_to_dyn(item)).collect::<Vec<&dyn IsMenuItem>>();
+	menu.append_items(items.as_ref()).unwrap();
+}
+
+enum MenuContainer<'a> {
+	Menu(&'a MudaMenu),
+	Submenu(&'a Submenu),
+}
+impl<'a> MenuContainer<'a> {
+	fn items(&self) -> Vec<MenuItemKind> {
+		match self {
+			MenuContainer::Menu(menu) => menu.items(),
+			MenuContainer::Submenu(submenu) => submenu.items(),
+		}
+	}
+	fn remove(&self, item: &dyn IsMenuItem) -> Result<()> {
+		match self {
+			MenuContainer::Menu(menu) => menu.remove(item),
+			MenuContainer::Submenu(submenu) => submenu.remove(item),
+		}
+	}
+	fn append_items(&self, items: &[&dyn IsMenuItem]) -> Result<()> {
+		match self {
+			MenuContainer::Menu(menu) => menu.append_items(items),
+			MenuContainer::Submenu(submenu) => submenu.append_items(items),
+		}
+	}
+}
+impl<'a> From<&'a MudaMenu> for MenuContainer<'a> {
+	fn from(menu: &'a MudaMenu) -> Self {
+		MenuContainer::Menu(menu)
+	}
+}
+impl<'a> From<&'a Submenu> for MenuContainer<'a> {
+	fn from(submenu: &'a Submenu) -> Self {
+		MenuContainer::Submenu(submenu)
+	}
+}