NSMenu inside custom NSView class for NSStatusItem not appearing at bottom of status bar

Question

I created a custom view class because I wanted to have a status item you could drag items to.

Here's the definition of the view:

@interface DragStatusView : NSImageView <NSMenuDelegate>{
    BOOL highlight;
}
@end

In my ApplicationDelegate.m I instantiate a NSStatusItem, and an instance of my DragStatusView. I set the image on the DragStatusView, and also set its menu to an instance of NSMenu containing a few NSMenuItems.

- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)notification
{
    // Install icon into the menu bar
    statusItem = [[[NSStatusBar systemStatusBar] statusItemWithLength:NSSquareStatusItemLength] retain];

    NSImage *statusImage = [NSImage imageNamed:@"Status"];
    [statusItem setImage:statusImage];




    [menuItem setTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"Special Status", @"imgur menu item text")];
    CGFloat itemHeight = [[NSStatusBar systemStatusBar] thickness];
    NSRect itemRect = NSMakeRect(0.0, 0.0, NSSquareStatusItemLength, itemHeight);

    DragStatusView* dragView = [[DragStatusView alloc] initWithFrame:itemRect];
    [dragView retain];

    [dragView setImage:statusImage]; 
    [dragView setMenu:menu];

    [statusItem setHighlightMode:YES];
    [statusItem setView:dragView];
}

Here is the method in the DragStatusView controller that triggers the menu to pop up:

- (void)mouseDown:(NSEvent *)event {
    [[[NSApp delegate] statusItem] popUpStatusItemMenu:[self menu]]; // or another method that returns a menu
}

This mostly works, however the menu appears too high when you click on the status item.

How it looks before clicking: http://imgur.com/fpJcd,quS3c#1

How it looks after clicking: http://imgur.com/fpJcd,quS3c#0 (the menu appears at the top of the screen -- ahh!)

How can I make the menu appear at the bottom of the status bar?

Thanks!

Wevah Wevah · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-25T23:12:15

How are you popping up the menu? What you want to do is something like this:

- (void)mouseDown:(NSEvent *)event {
    [statusItem popUpStatusItemMenu:[self menu]];
}

Of course, your view will need a reference to the status item, then.

NSMenu inside custom NSView class for NSStatusItem not appearing at bottom of status bar

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