Re: Programmatically highlighting an NSMenuItem
Re: Programmatically highlighting an NSMenuItem
- Subject: Re: Programmatically highlighting an NSMenuItem
- From: Eric Schlegel <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:11:15 -0700
On Jul 8, 2010, at 9:34 AM, augusto callejas wrote:
> i'm trying to replicate the functionality of spotlight using an embedded NSSearchField inside an NSMenu.
> when a search is performed, i add NSMenuItems to the NSMenu. when you perform a search in spotlight,
> the first search result is highlighted and you can immediately use the up/down arrows to traverse the
> results. i'd like to do the same by highlighting the first result in my NSMenu (which is an NSMenuItem).
> since spotlight has the same behavior, then it seems like an experience a user is familiar with.
I think you will find it sufficiently difficult to fully implement the behaviors you want using a regular menu, that it would really be better to use a custom view for the entire thing. I know it seems like a menu could get you almost all the way there, but that last 20% is going to be really painful.
-eric
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