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Programmatically adding glyphs (delete key, backspace, space, etc) to menu item

It used to be that in Carbon you could use SetMenuItemKeyGlyph. What's the alternative under 10.6? Will I need to use undocumented goodness or...?

Thanks

Solution

  • Use -[NSMenuItem setKeyEquivalent:] and give it an NSString of the character you want to be used. NSMenuItem will handle translating @" " into Space for you, etc.

    Delete key (aka "Backspace". This is the regular delete button on your keyboard):

    [myMenuItem setKeyEquivalent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%c", 0x08]];

    Forward delete key (The "del" key):

    [myMenuItem setKeyEquivalent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%c", 0x7f]];

    Space:

    [myMenuItem setKeyEquivalent:@" "];

    Tab:

    [myMenuItem setKeyEquivalent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%c", 0x09]];