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document icon in title bar - how to make it show by default?

Hello, in the good old times the document icon showed up by default in the title bar of a window in the Finder. Many updates ago it was changed to "hidden" by default, therefore now one has to hover the cursor for some time, strategically placed maybe a millimeter to the left of the first letter of the title of the window, in an otherwise unmarked section of the title bar, for the icon to pop up and become draggable. The milliseconds wasted throughout the years, by trying to place the cursor precisely, then waiting for the icon to become visible, have finally accumulated to an amount that is starting to affect my mental sanity. Is there some type of terminal command, or other trick, that either causes the icon to show all the time or at least makes its popping out of invisibility immediate?

Thank you.

Frazzled in Fresno.

Posted on May 23, 2024 4:19 PM

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Posted on May 23, 2024 4:30 PM

Hey there, I'm not sure which version of macOs you are using but in macOS Ventura and Sonoma, go to System Settings > Accessibility > Display and tun on "Show window title icons.". For older versions of macOS, look for a similar setting somewhere in System Preferences > Accessibility.

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May 23, 2024 4:30 PM in response to Asu

Hey there, I'm not sure which version of macOs you are using but in macOS Ventura and Sonoma, go to System Settings > Accessibility > Display and tun on "Show window title icons.". For older versions of macOS, look for a similar setting somewhere in System Preferences > Accessibility.

document icon in title bar - how to make it show by default?

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