The General pane of Application Wizard Settings (macOS 13 or later) or Application Wizard Preferences (macOS 12 or 11) lets you turn Application Wizard on, show the menu panel, and display Application Wizard in the menu bar. In addition to that, it lets you turn single application mode on and off.
Application Wizard is on/off
Click to turn Application Wizard on so that you display the Open, Quit, Switch, and Special menus and use single application mode and keyboard shortcuts.
When Application Wizard is off, menus are not accessible, single application mode cannot be used, and keyboard shortcuts are inactive, but you can edit menus, groups, custom applications, keyboard shortcuts, and window restoration.
Show menu panel
Select to show the menu panel, a small translucent panel located along the side of the screen. The menu panel contains four colored buttons and lets you display the Open, Quit, Switch, and Special menus.
Position on screen
Choose where you want to position the menu panel: under the menu bar or along the left, bottom, or right side of the screen. After positioning it, you can slide it along the screen side.
Panel size
Choose the size of the menu panel: small or big.
Automatically hide and show the menu panel
Select to hide the menu panel and show it just when you need it by moving the pointer to the panel’s position on the side of the screen.
Customize Panel
Click to rearrange buttons in the menu panel and hide buttons you do not use. To rearrange buttons, drag items in the list. To show or hide buttons, select or deselect their Show checkboxes.
Show buttons in the menu bar
Select to show the Application Wizard four colored buttons towards the right end of the menu bar and use them to display the Open, Quit, Switch, and Special menus.
Customize Buttons
Click to rearrange buttons in the menu bar and hide buttons you do not use. To rearrange buttons, drag items in the list. To show or hide buttons, select or deselect their Show checkboxes.
Turn single application mode on
Select to focus on the foreground application by automatically hiding all the inactive applications.
When turning SAM off
Choose whether showing all open applications when you turn single application mode off or keep inactive applications hidden.
Related topics
Use the menu panel to display menus
Show Application Wizard in the menu bar
Single application mode