Detect click on OS X menu bar?

Question

I'm curious if there's a trick to detecting a click on the Menu Bar as a whole. I know I can detect a click on an NSStatusItem or NSMenu, but I am looking for events pertaining to the empty space of the Menu Bar.

Looking through the documentation, it does not seem possible. However, I wanted to know if anyone had a workaround for this functionality?

did you ever found a solution to fire an event on the empty space? — Toby, Mar 22 '12 at 02:07

score 3 · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-30T23:48:48.280

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You can install a local event monitor using NSEvent addLocalMonitorForEventsMatchingMask:handler:

See the documentation located here.

edited Aug 30 '11 at 23:48

answered Aug 30 '11 at 20:23

Whilst the content of this answer is true, it does not apply to the empty space of the menu bar, as asked by the OP – Dave Nottage Feb 15 '23 at 03:15

Detect click on OS X menu bar?

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