Re: Creating Menu Bar Extras?
Re: Creating Menu Bar Extras?
- Subject: Re: Creating Menu Bar Extras?
- From: Dave Rehring <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 00:23:40 -0700
On 4/8/05 10:51 PM, Moazam Raja at email@hidden wrote:
> Nevermind, I'm a dork. I found the answer via Google/Cocoabuilder back
> at the apple.com site. NSStatusBar/NSStatusItem ended up being the
> answer.
>
> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/StatusBar/
> index.html
>
> -Moazam
>
> On Apr 8, 2005, at 10:35 PM, Moazam Raja wrote:
>
>> Can anyone point me to information about creating Menu Bar Extras?
>> I've looked over at developer.apple.com but only found information
>> stating "Don¹t create your own menu bar extras."
>> (http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/
>> OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGMenus/chapter_7_section_4.html)
>>
>> Of course I'm stubborn and would like to create myself a small app
>> which is controlled via a 'Menu Bar Extra' and has some contextual
>> menus. Any pointers?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -Moazam
Note, apps that use NSStatusBar SUCK!!!!! For example, they don't support
cmd-dragging items to reorder and/or remove items from the menu bar.
As well, note that Apple doesn't use this API...
It's annoying that Apple saves the 'good' API for themselves, and then when
other people reverse-engineer it, they explicitly went out of their way to
prevent non-Apple items from working [but searching the net you can find out
how to create a real menu bar extra].
Later,
--
David Rehring Psychos do not explode when light hits
VP of Research and Development them, no matter how crazy they are...
Atimi Software, Inc.
www.atimi.com And totally insane guy!
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