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Cocoa Menus

Cocoa Classes for handling menus.

• Classes
  • class NSMenuItemMBS
    • method clearAction
    • method Constructor(DesktopMenuitem as DesktopMenuitem)
    • method Constructor(Handle as Integer)
    • method Constructor(MenuItem as MenuItem)
    • method Constructor(Other as NSMenuItemMBS)
    • method Constructor(title as string="", keyEquivalent as string="")
    • method CreateMenuItem(title as string="", keyEquivalent as string="")
    • method CreateSeparator
    • shared method MenuItem(DesktopMenuItem as DesktopMenuItem) as NSMenuItemMBS
    • shared method MenuItem(MenuItem as MenuItem) as NSMenuItemMBS
    • shared method sectionHeaderWithTitle(Title as String) as NSMenuItemMBS
    • shared method separatorItem as NSMenuItemMBS
    • method setAction(target as NSResponderMBS, selectorName as string)
    • method setTitleWithMnemonic(title as String)
    • property ActionSelector as String
    • property Alternate as boolean
    • property attributedTitle as NSAttributedStringMBS
    • property Enabled as boolean
    • property Handle as Integer
    • property hasSubmenu as boolean
    • property Identifier as String
    • property image as NSImageMBS
    • property indentationLevel as Integer
    • property isHidden as boolean
    • property isHiddenOrHasHiddenAncestor as boolean
    • property isHighlighted as boolean
    • property isSectionHeader as Boolean
    • property isSeparatorItem as boolean
    • property keyEquivalent as String
    • property keyEquivalentModifierMask as Integer
    • property menu as NSMenuMBS
    • property mixedStateImage as NSImageMBS
    • property offStateImage as NSImageMBS
    • property onStateImage as NSImageMBS
    • property parentItem as NSMenuItemMBS
    • property state as Integer
    • property submenu as NSMenuMBS
    • property tag as Integer
    • property Title as String
    • property toolTip as String
    • property userKeyEquivalent as String
    • property view as NSViewMBS
    • property usesUserKeyEquivalents as boolean
    • event Action
    • event validateMenuItem(menuItem as NSMenuItemMBS) as boolean
  • class NSMenuMBS
    • method addItem(m as NSMenuItemMBS)
    • method cancelTracking
    • method cancelTrackingWithoutAnimation
    • method Constructor(Handle as Integer)
    • method Constructor(title as string="")
    • shared method helpMenu as NSMenuMBS
    • 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
    • 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 paletteMenuWithColors(colors() as NSColorMBS, itemTitles() as String, templateImage as NSImageMBS = nil) as NSMenuMBS
    • method performActionForItemAtIndex(index as Integer)
    • shared method popUpContextMenu(menu as NSMenuMBS, theEvent as NSEventMBS, view as NSViewMBS, font as NSFontMBS = nil)
    • 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 selectedItems as NSMenuItemMBS()
    • shared method setMenuBarVisible(value as boolean)
    • method setSelectedItems(items() as NSMenuItemMBS)
    • method update
    • shared method windowsMenu as NSMenuMBS
    • property allowsContextMenuPlugIns as boolean
    • property autoenablesItems as Boolean
    • property Font as NSFontMBS
    • property Handle as Integer
    • property highlightedItem as NSMenuItemMBS
    • property Identifier as String
    • property menuBarHeight as Double
    • property minimumWidth as Double
    • property numberOfItems as Integer
    • property presentationStyle as Integer
    • property selectionMode as Integer
    • property showsStateColumn as boolean
    • property size as NSSizeMBS
    • property supermenu as NSMenuMBS
    • property Title as String
    • property userInterfaceLayoutDirection as Integer
    • event DidClose
    • event EnableMenuItems
    • event PaletteSelectionChange
    • event willHighlightItem(item as NSMenuItemMBS)
    • event WillOpen
• Blog Entries
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  • MonkeyBread Software Releases the MBS Xojo Plugins in version 23.5
  • More Menubar options in macOS Sonoma
  • News from the MBS Xojo Plugins Version 23.3
  • MBS Xojo Plugins 18.3
  • MBS Xojo Plugins, version 18.3pr1
  • Custom menu checkmarks
  • Apply fonts to font PopupMenu
  • MonkeyBread Software Releases the MBS Real Studio plug-ins in version 13.1
  • MBS Real Studio Plugins, version 13.1pr13

Release notes

• Version 24.2
  • Improved effectiveAppearance and appearance methods in NSAppearanceMBS class to allow passing NSMenuMBS, NSMenuItemMBS, MenuItem or DesktopMenuItem objects.
• Version 24.1
  • Added Identifier property to NSCellMBS, NSMenuItemMBS, NSMenuMBS and NSViewControllerMBS classes.
• Version 23.5
  • Added new methods and properties to NSMenuMBS and NSMenuItemMBS for macOS Sonoma for palette menus and section headers.
• Version 22.0
  • Fixed Constructor and MenuItem function in NSMenuItemMBS class to work for DesktopMenuItem.
• Version 20.3
  • Added clearAction method for NSMenuItemMBS class.
• Version 18.3
  • Added Menuitem function to NSMenuItemMBS class.
  • Reworked NSMenuItemMBS to make all properties visible in debugger.

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