Alan: I think what you're seeing in the case of such "controls in
menus" is actually a deception on the part of the NSStatusItem and/or
MenuExtra (Apple's private SPI for items such as the volume menu
item). The displayed UI is not a menu at all, simply a small window
designed look like one.
So to design your own such menu, you'd have to basically invent a
window that looks right and then display it at the appropriate time.
If drastic customization of a menu being displayed in the ordinary
menu bar is required, you can get quite a few special effects as a
Carbon application, but I don't think you can manage this from a
Cocoa application without a great deal of hacking.
One quick simple question: how do I make a menu like the volume
one in the
menu bar. I need to place a control in a menu. Any ideas?
Thanks everyone, Alan
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