sara575 wrote:
I don't know that this is a Mac OS Catalina problem, as this started before the last update, but a couple of months ago the menu bar at the top of my screen would vanish when in full screen. Previously it was there permanently, which is my preference. I followed help topics and went to System Preferences/General and have checked and unchecked the "Automatically hide and show the menu bar", but neither makes the menu bar permanent in full screen. Is anyone else familiar with this problem? I checked community topics and didn't see anything recent/helpful, but my apologies if I missed something.
There is a difference between 'full screen' were the menubar gets hidden and
expanding a window to take up the entirety of the display window. It is here you can have your menubar visible at all times.
Hold the option key and toggle between full screen or maximizing the window
To work in a bigger window without going full screen, maximise (or zoom)
the window. Move the pointer to the green button in the top-left corner
of the window, press and hold the Option key, then choose Zoom from the
menu that appears or click the button +. The
window expands, but the menu bar and the Dock remain visible. To return
to the previous window size, press and hold the Option key, then click
the green button again.
Use apps in full screen on Mac - Apple Support