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Re: NSStatusItem with no menu triggers menu tracking
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Re: NSStatusItem with no menu triggers menu tracking


  • Subject: Re: NSStatusItem with no menu triggers menu tracking
  • From: Philip George <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 22:53:17 -0500

didn't work. i tried several variations, but it behaves exactly the
same.

- Philip


On Thursday, July 18, 2002, at 10:46 PM, Kyle Moffett wrote:

> On Thursday, July 18, 2002, at 11:36 PM, Philip George wrote:
>> Kyle, actually you and I are on the same wavelength here. With this
>> idea though, the problem is that I can't figure out exactly how
>> trigger the counteraction event. I can trap the notification easily.
>> I just don't know exactly what to do next. Here's what I've got to
>> trap the notification. I only need a way to trigger the disabling of
>> menu tracking once inside the handler method...
>>
>> ...
>> // in my startup code
>> [[NSDistributedNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self
>> selector:@selector(menuTrackingHandler:)
>> name:@"com.apple.HIToolbox.beginMenuTrackingNotification"
>> object:nil
>>
>> suspensionBehavior:NSNotificationSuspensionBehaviorDeliverImmediately];
>> ....
>>
>> // in the same class...
>> - (void)menuTrackingHandler:(NSNotification *)n {
>> NSLog(@"%@",[n name]);
>> // Okay, I can get to this point fine, but what do I do
>> // inside this method to RE-trigger the opposite
>> // event, thus disabling menu tracking?
>> // that's the part I can't figure out.
> // Try this:
> [NSDistributedNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
> postNotificationName:@"com.apple.HIToolbox.beginMenuTrackingNotification"
> object:myStatusItem
> userInfo:[n userInfo]
> deliverImmediately:YES];
> // It might not work, but you could try.
>> }
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> - Philip
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