Questions tagged [nsstatusitem]

The NSStatusItem class represents the individual elements displayed within an NSStatusBar object.

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Replacing NSStatusBarButton NSView to disable vibrancy

I am currently trying to reduce the default vibrancy that is added to NSStatusBarItems icons in Mac OS. I understand this can be achieved by changing the allowsVibrancy attribute. However, since that is read-only on NSView, I need to extend that…
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How do I draw a rectangle with equal line widths into an NSStatusItemButton?

The following code draws a rectangle with NSBezierPath into an NSImage, which is then set as the image for an NSStatusItemButton. import Cocoa class ViewController: NSViewController { let statusItem: NSStatusItem =…
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How do I get my menulet to look like this

How do i get this effect with a menulet application. I just want the window effect nothing else. My current app looks like this. please if someone could shed some light it would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Xcode NSStatusBar Item not appearing

I'm trying to add an item to the status bar, but when I launch the app the item only appears in the top left for a split second and then quickly disappears. I've looked through the documentation and I can see things have changed recently e.g.…
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Cocoa - Capturing NSStatusItem mouse hover event

How do I execute a function when a user's mouse hovers over my NSStatusItem?
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Displaying NSProgressIndicatorSpinningStyle in NSStatusItem and then hiding it

I'm working on NSStatusItem. I've managed to use the setImage and setAlternateImage to work. When user selects something, it takes a while for it to accomplish whatever it is doing. While it is doing something, I tried changing from the usual Image…
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How to animate closing NSWindow to NSStatusItem?

When you minimize an NSWindow you get a nice animation to the Dock. How to achieve a similar animation for "minimizing" to an NSStatusItem in the menu bar? I have it set up where the NSStatusItem appears when you close the NSWindow but there is no…
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NSMenu and NSStatusItem action wont work together

The button attached to NSStatusItem is not sending calls to its target selector. I'm not sure what exactly I am doing wrong. I believe its something to do with the button.action line. let statusItem =…
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NSStatusItem is oversized and invisible unless clicked

I am working on an app using NSStatusItem. I have two problems 1 is the icon is missing on a un-selected state, However, when you click where the icon should be the app shows up but the area is large. The same size as the menu. Here is how I am…
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Redirect button action to another function in Swift

This might be an easy question, but I am new to Swift and do not know for which terms to google for. For a menu bar application, I have implemented a custom function called doSomething that works just fine when it is bound to some button: Class…
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NSStatusItem and NSMenuItem detect shift press

I'm trying to modify my NSMenuItems in my NSStatusItem when the shift button is clicked. Basically I want to modify the text from "MenuItem123" to "Shift MenuItem123" I tried…
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popover view for a status item not responsive to mouse movements

I have been struggling with this and could not find a solution. I am creating a statusitem app for mac osx using swift. When the item is clicked a popover with a custom view that has a webview in it appears. everything works fine except that after…
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LaunchServices: Failed to create bundleProxy for bundle...?

What does this LaunchServices error message (from Console.app) mean? 2015-12-13 4:57:48.365 PM bird[344]: LaunchServices: Failed to create bundleProxy for bundle com.mowglii.ItsycalApp Background: I wrote a small calendar app that lives in the menu…
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Swift - NSMenu closes when clicking outside of menu

so i have a simple NSMenu. It is attached to a Status Item Button. When i click the Button it pops Open. Now my Problem is that as soon as i click outside of the NSMenu, it closes. How can i avoid that ? I did try many things but cant get that to…
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NSStatusBarButton == nil when NSStatusItem was created?

I've read the header files: NSStatusBarButton.h and NSStatusItem.h, which from what I've understanding a NSStatusBarButton will be created when a parent NSStatusItem item is created. I can confirm it when I tested it in Playground, but the same code…
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