NSTextField inside NSStatusBar: focus and editable problems

Question

My Cocoa App is made by a NSStatusBar with a NSTextField inside and a Main Window.
Please, look the screenshots to get the idea:

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I have two problems:

When I open Menubar I am unable to got the focus to SearchField (like Spotlight) and I am unable to select content with something like [textField selectText:self]
Worsts: if my MainWindow is on front it works without problems. If my MainWindow is not on front but is visible I am unable to edit TextField. It is selectable with mouse but not editable. Why this ?

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I tried all the hacks found but I was unable to solve the issue.

@pierocampanelli did you ever get a solution to this? I've got a similar problem. — Loyal Tingley, Dec 07 '11 at 11:19

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 16 '11 at 19:37

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I have also had this problem so I ended up completely recreating NSMenu using a NSWindow. I named it JGMenuWindow and you can find the open source code on GitHub here.

Here's an example of what it can do:

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answered Dec 16 '11 at 19:37

Joshua

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I've been putting off writing one of these for a while now. Thank you so much! – Francis McGrew Dec 17 '11 at 05:43

NSTextField inside NSStatusBar: focus and editable problems

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