Xcode 4.1 Tutorial - Create a menu bar application (NSStatusItem / StatusBar app) + DOWNLOAD
Why Stack Overflow recommends it
Stack Overflow users link it as a beginner-friendly starting point for building an NSStatusItem menu bar app on macOS.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2012 to 2013.
What it is
A 2011 screencast by Dominik Hofacker that walks through building a Mac menu bar (status bar) application in Xcode 4.1 using NSStatusItem and an NSMenu. Source code is offered as a download.
What people said
Recommends wigging · 2012-02 · Stack Overflow · on “NSMenuItem and NSPopOver”
@ChristopheHAMERLING Here are two tutorial videos that can help you get started: Create A MenuBar Application - [this video] Create an NSPopover - [LINK]
Cites Qa'id · 2013-01 · Stack Overflow · on “How to code mac os x status bar app to send cURL command”
Briefly I want to code a status bar app that will send commands through an https connection using PHP / cURL. What I Have and Know Mac OS X running Mountain Lion (with X-code) Extra-beginner coding skills in Objective-C An API's documentation with instructions on what text to send via PHP/cURL YouTube tutorial: Xcode 4.1 Tutorial - Create a menu bar application (NSStatusItem / StatusBar app) + DOWNLOAD [this video] Interest in starting simple, but building to more complexity What I Don't Have or Know How to code the POST/GET commands into the app so that they fire upon click. The Specific Use Case I want to create a very basic status bar app that does two things related to the Cloudflare CDN / pr
Cites user2741565 · 2013-09 · Stack Overflow · on “Cocoa Custom Status Menu with text view”
I've created a status menu following some hints here and sone from other sites. It shows a an NSTextView as a line item and has check spelling as you type on, which is exactly what I want (quick way to check a misspelled word). The text view area behaves as expected by highlighting the misspelled word and all. All works well except for one thing: when I "Control-click" on the misspelled word to get options or guesses on the possible correctly spelled word, it does not popup the context menu. In Interface Builder I've linked a list item to a custom view containing the NSTextView ... I can send the xcode project code to anyone who would like to examine it further. As a reference I followed thi