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How do I achieve the UI effect of a window pointing to a status bar item?

I've seen this done on a few apps:

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Can anyone suggest a starting point on how to do this? I've done some work with the Interface builder and Cocoa, but nothing this fancy. The requirements are to be able to display a window on demand under a particular menubar icon, and have the user be able to interact with it (buttons and text fields). Not asking for a full blown solution (unless one exists), just a friendly push in the right direction...

Solution

  • I stumbled upon this: http://mattgemmell.com/2008/03/04/using-maattachedwindow-with-an-nsstatusitem/

    Matt Gemmell made a very nice class for these kinds of windows MAAttachedWindow