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NSStatusBar item in storyboard (OSX)

Is it possible to add a NSStatusBar item from storyboard for a desktop app? Most of the examples i saw online do everything in AppDelegate, but i don't think it's a good idea for a more complex app.

Solution

  • No, you can't add an NSStatusItem effectively in a storyboard. It has no outlets and the storyboard editor doesn't know about any of its properties.

    If you want to hang a menu off of your status bar item, you can (as of Xcode 7) create the menu in a storyboard. Drag an NSMenu into your Application Scene:

    create menu

    Connect the menu to an outlet in your app delegate:

    connect menu to outlet

    Finally, create the status item in code, using the menu loaded from the storyboard:

    func applicationDidFinishLaunching(aNotification: NSNotification) {
    initStatusItem()
}

private var statusItem: NSStatusItem?

private func initStatusItem() {
    self.statusItem = NSStatusBar.systemStatusBar().statusItemWithLength(NSVariableStatusItemLength)
    statusItem?.title = "Test Item"
    statusItem?.menu = self.statusItemMenu
}