Summary
The menubar status item currently always shows today's spend. It would be great to let users pick which period the icon displays — e.g. Today / This Week / This Month / Last 6 Months — matching the period segments already present in the popover.
Motivation
- For lighter users, the daily figure is often $0–$1 and not very informative at a glance.
- A monthly running total is more useful for budget awareness against subscription/credit caps.
- The popover already supports period switching, so the data path exists.
Proposed UX
- Add a "Menubar metric" picker in Settings (Today / Week / Month / 6 Months).
- Persist via UserDefaults, e.g.
CodeBurnMenubarPeriod ∈ {today, week, month, sixMonths}.
- Optionally suffix the value with the period (e.g.
\$42 / mo) when not Today, to avoid confusion.
Workaround today
None via prefs — only CodeBurnMenubarCompact is exposed. Users have to open the popover to see monthly totals.
Thanks for the great tool!
Summary
The menubar status item currently always shows today's spend. It would be great to let users pick which period the icon displays — e.g. Today / This Week / This Month / Last 6 Months — matching the period segments already present in the popover.
Motivation
Proposed UX
CodeBurnMenubarPeriod∈ {today,week,month,sixMonths}.\$42 / mo) when not Today, to avoid confusion.Workaround today
None via prefs — only
CodeBurnMenubarCompactis exposed. Users have to open the popover to see monthly totals.Thanks for the great tool!