Monkeybread Xojo plugin - NSMenuMBS class

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NSMenuMBS class

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
class	Cocoa Menus	MBS MacBase Plugin	7.2	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	❌ No	Desktop only

Function: A class to represent a menu in the Cocoa world.
Notes: All methods in this class will catch exceptions from Cocoa and raise a NSExceptionMBS instead. Using the message, name and reason properties you can see what was the reason for this exception. Please report if you find a method which does not handle exceptions correct.

4 events
- event DidClose
- event EnableMenuItems
- event willHighlightItem(item as NSMenuItemMBS)
- event WillOpen
13 properties
- property allowsContextMenuPlugIns as boolean
- property autoenablesItems as Boolean
- property Font as NSFontMBS
- property Handle as Integer
- property highlightedItem as NSMenuItemMBS
- property menuBarHeight as Double
- property minimumWidth as Double
- property numberOfItems as Integer
- property showsStateColumn as boolean
- property size as NSSizeMBS
- property supermenu as NSMenuMBS
- property Title as String
- property userInterfaceLayoutDirection as Integer
20 methods
- method addItem(m as NSMenuItemMBS)
- method cancelTracking
- method cancelTrackingWithoutAnimation
- method CarbonMenuRef as Integer
- method Constructor(Handle as Integer)
- method Constructor(title as string="")
- method indexOfItem(item as NSMenuItemMBS) as Integer
- method indexOfItemWithSelector(selector as string) as Integer
- method indexOfItemWithSubmenu(item as NSMenuMBS) as Integer
- method indexOfItemWithTag(tag as Integer) as Integer
- method indexOfItemWithTitle(title as string) as Integer
- method insertItem(m as NSMenuItemMBS, index as Integer)
- method Item(index as Integer) as NSMenuItemMBS
- method itemWithSelector(selector as string) as NSMenuItemMBS
- method performActionForItemAtIndex(index as Integer)
- method popUpMenuPositioningItem(item as NSMenuItemMBS, location as NSPointMBS, view as NSViewMBS = nil) as boolean
- method removeAllItems
- method removeItem(m as NSMenuItemMBS)
- method removeItemAtIndex(index as Integer)
- method update
13 shared methods
- shared method helpMenu as NSMenuMBS
- shared method mainMenu as NSMenuMBS
- shared method menuBarVisible as boolean
- shared method NSMenuDidAddItemNotification as string
- shared method NSMenuDidBeginTrackingNotification as string
- shared method NSMenuDidChangeItemNotification as string
- shared method NSMenuDidEndTrackingNotification as string
- shared method NSMenuDidRemoveItemNotification as string
- shared method NSMenuDidSendActionNotification as string
- shared method NSMenuWillSendActionNotification as string
- shared method popUpContextMenu(menu as NSMenuMBS, theEvent as NSEventMBS, view as NSViewMBS, font as NSFontMBS = nil)
- shared method setMenuBarVisible(value as boolean)
- shared method windowsMenu as NSMenuMBS

This class has no sub classes.

Some methods using this class:

ContinuityCameraMBS.PopupMenu as NSMenuMBS
NSCellMBS.defaultMenu as NSMenuMBS
NSSpellCheckerMBS.menuForResult(TextCheckingResult as NSTextCheckingResultMBS, checkedString as string, options as Dictionary = nil, atLocation as NSPointMBS, view as NSViewMBS) as NSMenuMBS
NSStatusItemMBS.popUpStatusItemMenu(menu as NSMenuMBS)

Some properties using for this class:

NSApplicationMBS.helpMenu as NSMenuMBS
NSApplicationMBS.mainMenu as NSMenuMBS
NSApplicationMBS.windowsMenu as NSMenuMBS
NSMenuItemMBS.submenu as NSMenuMBS
NSMenuMBS.supermenu as NSMenuMBS
NSPopUpButtonCellMBS.menu as NSMenuMBS
NSPopUpButtonMBS.menu as NSMenuMBS
NSStatusItemMBS.Menu as NSMenuMBS
NSSearchFieldMBS.searchMenuTemplate as NSMenuMBS
NSSegmentedControlMBS.menuForSegment(segment as Integer) as NSMenuMBS

Some events using this class:

CustomNSTextFieldMBS.menuForEvent(e as NSEventMBS, defaultMenu as NSMenuMBS) as NSMenuMBS
CustomNSTextViewMBS.menuForEvent(e as NSEventMBS, defaultMenu as NSMenuMBS) as NSMenuMBS
CustomNSTokenFieldMBS.menuForEvent(e as NSEventMBS, defaultMenu as NSMenuMBS) as NSMenuMBS
DesktopNSTokenFieldControlMBS.menuForRepresentedObject(representedObject as Variant) as NSMenuMBS
DesktopWKWebViewControlMBS.didCloseContextualMenu(menu as NSMenuMBS, NSEvent as NSEventMBS)
DesktopWKWebViewControlMBS.willShowContextualMenu(menu as NSMenuMBS, NSEvent as NSEventMBS)
NSApplicationDelegateMBS.applicationDockMenu as NSMenuMBS
NSTokenFieldMBS.menuForRepresentedObject(representedObject as Variant) as NSMenuMBS
WKWebViewControlMBS.didCloseContextualMenu(menu as NSMenuMBS, NSEvent as NSEventMBS)
WKWebViewControlMBS.willShowContextualMenu(menu as NSMenuMBS, NSEvent as NSEventMBS)

Some examples using this class:

Blog Entries

Xojo Developer Magazine

5.6, page 33: Third Party Plugins: Statusitems, Getting an icon in the top right of the Mac OS X menubar by Christian Schmitz

The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS MacBase Plugin.

NSMenuItemMBS - NSMetadataItemMBS

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