Dont hide NSMenu after click [closed]

Question

Have a way to I block hide the NSMenu after click.

Thanks.

Answer 1

No, I've written several menubar apps and I've found the only way to disable menu-closing is to subclass NSMenuItem and do your own event handling. Unfortunately that also means you have to use a custom view, do your own title drawing, menu highlighting and "flash" animation.

Answer 2

Another option is to switch to a view based menu item. Then in your view class, respond to - (void) mouseUp:(NSEvent*) event and implement your custom behavior. The menu will not close on the click, as the event is no longer forwarded up the responder chain to the menu item.