Re: Reliable way to get application (Apple) menu?
Re: Reliable way to get application (Apple) menu?
- Subject: Re: Reliable way to get application (Apple) menu?
- From: Dan Saul <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 00:50:23 -0600
Actually, the "Application Menu" IS refered to as the "Apple" menu at
some times.
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:39:16 -0600, Justin Spahr-Summers
<email@hidden> wrote:
> Well, first of all, the Apple menu and the Application menu are NOT
> the same thing. The Apple menu is the blue apple which contains
> system-wide stuff, the Application menu is specific to your program.
>
> And secondly, wouldn't
>
> [[NSApp mainMenu] itemAtIndex:0]
>
> work, seeing as it's going to be the first menu all the time?
>
> On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:58:51 +0000, Jeremy Dronfield
> <email@hidden> wrote:
> > Here's a strange omission I stumbled over when trying to remove some
> > items from my app's application (or, confusingly, "Apple") menu at
> > launch. First, I tried the obvious ploy of accessing it with:
> >
> > NSMenu *appMenu = [[[NSApp mainMenu] itemWithTitle:myAppName] submenu];
> >
> > but that doesn't work, so I tried outputting a description of [NSApp
> > mainMenu], and found that the item actually has no title:
> >
> > <MenuItem: 0x34d470 , submenu: 0x342b30 (Apple)>, <<< No title!
> > <MenuItem: 0x343490 File, submenu: 0x341bf0 (File)>,
> > <MenuItem: 0x342850 Edit, submenu: 0x343840 (Edit)>,
> > <MenuItem: 0x3434d0 View, submenu: 0x34c710 (View)>,
> >
> > So instead I've done:
> >
> > NSMenu *appMenu = [[[NSApp mainMenu] itemWithTitle:@""] submenu];
> >
> > which works. But I'll be stuffed if Apple changes this untitled state
> > in the future. NSApplication has convenience methods for returning
> > -windowsMenu and -servicesMenu. It also has a -setAppleMenu: method for
> > changing the application menu, but nothing for accessing it. Why isn't
> > there an -appleMenu method? Is there a reliable way of accessing this
> > menu which I've overlooked?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > -Jeremy
> >
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