Can you use -[NSStatusItem setMenu:]? If not, could you please file a
bug describing why?
Unfortunately, I can't. These are status items that also serve as drag
& drop targets and one-click action triggers, depending on their
context. In fact, my application's needs are so special that even this
strategy ...
You may use -[NSStatusItem popUpStatusItemMenu:] to pop up an
arbitrary menu with the correct appearance for a main menu (the
sharp top corners).
... doesn't really work out, because this application pops up its
NSStatusItem menus via PopUpMenuSelect() after getting their MenRefs
by means of the undocumented _NSGetCarbonMenu() function. So filing a
bug is kind of pointless, I guess. And I know that every time I use
undocumented calls a little kitten dies, but it was the only way to
achieve certain things (e.g., populate NSMenus while traversing them
in order to browse your file system from a NSStatusItem) back in the
Mac OS X 10.2 days.
Right now, I am actually rewriting these parts of my application to
use -[NSStatusItem popUpStatusItemMenu:] in a new version that won't
have to support 10.2 anymore; but that will take some more time, and
in the mean time, I had hoped there would be a quick and dirty way to
fix this cosmetic issues for Leopard users. However, if there isn't, I
can live with that, too. Turns out it doesn't look quite as ridiculous
if I simply move my menus 4 units to the left when running on Leopard.
BTW: I've always fantasized about being able to use the proper Dock
context menu style (the one that "points" to a Dock icon), instead of
having to ape it. But since we can't even change the corners'
appearance, I guess that's out of the question completely. ;-)
