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Re: setNeedsDisplay Equivalent for NSMenuItem?
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Re: setNeedsDisplay Equivalent for NSMenuItem?


  • Subject: Re: setNeedsDisplay Equivalent for NSMenuItem?
  • From: "Michael Ash" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:07:21 -0500

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Chunk 1978 <email@hidden> wrote:
> i've noticed in some menu bar apps like Google's GMail Notifier, the
> time since last email check will display when changed while the menu
> is open. how can i emulate this behavior in my own NSMenuItem that
> changes every 30 seconds (it shows a timer)?  currently it will change
> the setTitle of the NSMenuItem, but will only display it's update the
> next time the user opens the menu.

Are you sure that your timer is even executing? By default timers will
not execute when a menu is pulled down. You need to explicitly
schedule it in the event tracking runloop mode for this to happen.

Mike
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