Lee Ann, I have a similar requirement in my apps, and settled on adding a menu item titled “Search”. When user clicks “Search”, the menu disappears and a tiny window with a search field pops up. It would be nice to have a search field in the menu (like the standard “Help” menu does), but as you are finding, navigating between the limitations of NSMenu and the bugs in bringing apps foreground does not leave many alternatives. Don't waste too much time on it.
The bugs in bringing apps foreground changed in OS X 10.9. So if you’re supporting 10.8-, be sure to test there too. And, or course, 10.10. _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
