add customView to NSStatusItem

Question

I would like to create a status bar application which has non-menu style. same as FaceTab for facebook (I mean only interface, not functional)... this is my codes:

-(void)awakeFromNib{
    statusItem = [[[NSStatusBar systemStatusBar] statusItemWithLength:NSVariableStatusItemLength] retain];
    [statusItem setView:customView];
    //[statusItem setMenu:menu];
    [statusItem setTitle:@"Status"];
    [statusItem setHighlightMode:YES];
}

..... so once I Use NSMenu everything works fine but when I use NSView and CustomView outlet nothing appear on menu bar. Help plz!

Answer 1

涉及到几个活动部分，所以我能给出的最好建议是查看 Vadim Shpakovski 的这个优秀示例项目。

Answer 2

At the end of your awakeFromNib method, you may need to call retain on the statusItem so that it doesn't go out of scope. I was struggling with this same problem, and adding [statusItem retain]; fixed it so that I now see my Status menu in the Mac OS status bar.

-(void)awakeFromNib{
    statusItem = [[[NSStatusBar systemStatusBar] statusItemWithLength:NSVariableStatusItemLength] retain];
    [statusItem setView:customView];

    // in my code, this is uncommented, and menu is an instance variable.
    //[statusItem setMenu:menu];

    [statusItem setTitle:@"Status"];
    [statusItem setHighlightMode:YES];

    // this was needed to get the icon to display in the status bar.
    [statusItem retain];
}