How to create a NSWindow inside a menulet

Asked Jul 05 '11 at 05:57

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I'm creating a menulet application in Xcode 4, and I'm trying to figure out how to display a window that will appear when the menulet icon is clicked. I would hope for the window to be displayed as the normal NSWindow.

I have looked at the MAAttatchedWindow source code, and that doesn't seem to help me at all. Could someone please explain how to make a menulet drop-down a window when clicked?

I believe I'm supposed to use the setView: function to create a custom view for the NSStatusItem, but can't quite figure out how to code should be layed out. I have this so far:

  -(void)awakeFromNib {
statusItem = [[[NSStatusBar systemStatusBar]
              statusItemWithLength:NSVariableStatusItemLength]retain];
[statusItem setHighlightMode:YES];
[statusItem setTitle:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%C", 0x24DC]];
[statusItem setEnabled:YES];
[statusItem setView:(NSView *)

how to I get the MAAttachedWindow to display as an NSView?

edited Jul 05 '11 at 18:56

Peter Hosey

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asked Jul 05 '11 at 05:57

mocall

If you want the window to look like a regular window, then why not use a regular window? Otherwise, what do you mean by “be displayed as the normal NSWindow”? – Peter Hosey Jul 05 '11 at 11:46
well the thing is, I don't know how to make the NSStatusItem display a drop down window – mocall Jul 05 '11 at 14:07
You said you want it to “be displayed as the normal NSWindow”. What do you mean by that? – Peter Hosey Jul 05 '11 at 18:55
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Also, your code sample is incomplete. You cut it off at a cast. – Peter Hosey Jul 05 '11 at 18:57

How to create a NSWindow inside a menulet

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