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Attach NSMenu to NSStatusItem with Storyboard

I am trying to attach an NSMenu item to a NSStatusItem to have a menu when clicking on my Menu Bar App for Mac OS.

I am new to Mac programming and I searched tutorials on the Web. However, all the material I found involves the usage of the file Xib to add the NSMenu and linking it to the existing code. However, I don't have such a file in my project, it only includes the storyboard file.

I hope you can help.

Cheers

Solution

  • You can create a menu programmatically and set it to NSStatusItem like this. 

    - (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification {
    _statusItem = [[NSStatusBar systemStatusBar] statusItemWithLength:30];
    _statusItem.image = [NSImage imageNamed:@"..."];

    // create menu
    NSMenu *menu = [[NSMenu alloc] initWithTitle:@""];
    NSMenuItem *item1 = [[NSMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"menu1" action:@selector(menu1Action:) keyEquivalent:@""];
    NSMenuItem *item2 = [[NSMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"menu2" action:@selector(menu2Action:) keyEquivalent:@""];

    [menu addItem:item1];
    [menu addItem:item2];

    [_statusItem setMenu:menu]; // attach
}

    Of course, you can use NSMenu as outlet. To do that, drag NSMenu to Application Scene in the storyboard, and connect it to AppDelegate's outlet.