Re: setting focus on NSSearchField in status bar menu item

pen:(NSMenu*)menu > { > if (![NSApp isActive]) { > [NSApp activateIgnoringOtherApps:YES]; > } > } > > It's better now and the menu stays after a slight flickering... It highlights > the title for a sec and unhighlights it. How to get rid of fli

Re: setting focus on NSSearchField in status bar menu item

i have to click it again to show up. > > What is the best practice to implement it anyway? > > Thanks, > > Nava > > On Jul 8, 2010, at 11:25 PM, augusto callejas wrote: > >> when you click again on your status menu, try making your app the active app: >>

Re: setting focus on NSSearchField in status bar menu item

when you click again on your status menu, try making your app the active app: [NSApp activateIgnoringOtherApps:YES]; augusto. On Jul 8, 2010, at 12:26 PM, Nava Carmon wrote: > Can somebody answer this please? > > On Jul 8, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Nava Carmon wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I added a custom

Re: Programmatically highlighting an NSMenuItem

yes i know its not a real menu, but given it mostly behaves like one, i was trying to use existing functionality without having to rewrite the menu-ing system. thanks, augusto. On Jul 8, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Graham Cox wrote: > > On 09/07/2010, at 2:30 AM, Augusto Callejas wrote: >

Re: Programmatically highlighting an NSMenuItem

i'm trying to replicate the functionality of spotlight using an embedded NSSearchField inside an NSMenu. when a search is performed, i add NSMenuItems to the NSMenu. when you perform a search in spotlight, the first search result is highlighted and you can immediately use the up/down arrows to

Programmatically closing a submenu (NSMenu)

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Restricting control characters in an NSSearchField/NSTextField

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Programmatically highlighting an NSMenuItem (was: Building a Spotlight-like custom NSMenu with an embedded NSSearchField)

hi- i'd like to simplify my question from earlier: how do i programmatically highlight an NSMenuItem inside an NSMenu? i only see "isHighlighted" method in NSMenuItem, but no method for setting the currently highlighted menu item. thanks, augusto.___

Building a Spotlight-like custom NSMenu with an embedded NSSearchField

hi- i've built the beginning of my own custom NSMenu with an embedded NSSearchField. i was wondering if the following behavior is possible: in spotlight, when you enter a search term, you start getting results and the first term is highlighted: http://www.genielogic.com/page7/files/spotlightmen

Re: NSMenuDelegate menuDidClose called before NSMenuItem's action?

>> NSMenuDidEndTrackingNotification): the NSMenuItem will be retained until its >> action fires. However, this does not work in Leopard and earlier. >> >> -Peter >> >> On Jun 25, 2010, at 3:41 PM, augusto callejas wrote: >> >>> peter- >>&g

Re: NSMenuDelegate menuDidClose called before NSMenuItem's action?

need to take care of that somewhere else? thanks, augusto. On Jun 25, 2010, at 3:26 PM, Peter Ammon wrote: > > On Jun 25, 2010, at 2:58 PM, augusto callejas wrote: > >> hi- >> >> i'm constructing an NSMenu with a delegate to handle menuDidClose. >> that me

NSMenuDelegate menuDidClose called before NSMenuItem's action?

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Limitation on an NSStatusBarItem's menu?

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Inserting an NSSearchField inside an NSMenuItem

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contextual menu plugin example in cocoa

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