How to show balloon message on status bar item on Mac OS X

Question

Apple has NSStatusItem to manage the status bar item. But it does not have API to show a balloon message from the status bar.

I know Java has TrayIcon.displayMessage().

Does anyone know how to implement this balloon message with Xcode C/C++?

Answer 1

No, balloon-style messages are not part of the standard OS X UI. Many third-party tools use the Growl framework for similar functionality.

Answer 2

This might be what your looking for: http://mattgemmell.com/2008/03/04/using-maattachedwindow-with-an-nsstatusitem