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Re: menu things


  • Subject: Re: menu things
  • From: Eric Peyton <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 09:17:54 -0500

On Tuesday, October 23, 2001, at 08:45 AM, Gabriel Ricard wrote:

Why is this considered "off-limits" to third party developers?

Is it simply a space issue? I've noticed that with some apps the two different sets of menus (the app's menus on the left and the menu extras on the right) overlap and that causes some issues. (unless of course you've got a nice 22" cinema display, or a TiBook)

I believe someone from apple already posted about this a few weeks back. Apple considers that area "reserved" so it can add hardware-dependent information into that area. Notice that all the applied supplied menu extras (except for the sample Script Menu) are hardware indicators (Battery, Sound, Time, Displays, Airport, etc.).

Eric



On Monday, October 22, 2001, at 05:43 PM, Brendan Younger wrote:

On Monday, October 22, 2001, at 03:19 PM, Vinay Venkatesh wrote:

can anyone point me to a place where i can find some documentation on
building menu items..i.e. like the script menu, the volume menu, etc?


v i n a y v e n k a t e s h

"The Internet? Is that thing still around?"

You can't. Those are off-limits to third party developers. Some of the older hacks used transparent windows which sat above the menu bar but I'd strongly suggest using application dock menus instead.

Brendan Younger
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