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Mihalis
Mihalis

Reputation: 13

How to add icons in os x status bar menus (left from text)

I want to add icons on the left side of my status bar menus text in OS X. I cannot find a sample code to implement this in my code. Right now i am using the code to set the image for the status bar (below) and IBActions to call AppleScript files.

    - (void)awakeFromNib {

    statusItem = [[[NSStatusBar systemStatusBar] statusItemWithLength:NSVariableStatusItemLength] retain];

    NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];

    statusImage = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:[bundle pathForResource:@"wifi1" ofType:@"png"]];
    statusHighlightImage = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:[bundle pathForResource:@"wifi2" ofType:@"png"]];

    [statusItem setImage:statusImage];
    [statusItem setAlternateImage:statusHighlightImage];
    [statusItem setMenu:statusMenu];
    [statusItem setHighlightMode:YES];
}

- (void)dealloc {

    [statusImage release];
    [statusHighlightImage release];
    [super dealloc];
}

- (IBAction)RemoteAppleEvents:(id)sender {

    NSString* path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"AppleEvents" ofType:@"scpt"];
    NSURL* url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];NSDictionary* errors = [NSDictionary dictionary];
    NSAppleScript* appleScript = [[NSAppleScript alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url error:&errors];
    [appleScript executeAndReturnError:nil];
    [appleScript release];
}

- (IBAction)InternetSharing:(id)sender {

    NSString* path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"WiFiShare" ofType:@"scpt"];
    NSURL* url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];NSDictionary* errors = [NSDictionary dictionary];
    NSAppleScript* appleScript = [[NSAppleScript alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url error:&errors];
    [appleScript executeAndReturnError:nil];
    [appleScript release];
}

- (IBAction)BluetoothSharing:(id)sender {

    NSString* path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"bluetooth" ofType:@"scpt"];
    NSURL* url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];NSDictionary* errors = [NSDictionary dictionary];
    NSAppleScript* appleScript = [[NSAppleScript alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url error:&errors];
    [appleScript executeAndReturnError:nil];
    [appleScript release];
}

Any help would be appreciated. Thanx!

UPDATE*

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Upvotes: 1

Views: 1978

Answers (1)

markhunte
markhunte

Reputation: 6932

Updated answer:

To set a icon in a NSMenuitem or NSMenu like this:

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You simply have to add an image to your project and set the menus image in the "Attribute Inspector"

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If you want to set the image programatically:

Give each Menu item a outlet and then use the

setImage:

As you have done for the Status bar

 bar = [NSStatusBar systemStatusBar];
statusItem =  [bar statusItemWithLength: NSVariableStatusItemLength]  ; 

statusImage = [NSImage imageNamed:@"status.icns"];




statusHighlightImage = [NSImage imageNamed:@"statusHighLight.icns"];

[statusItem setImage:statusImage];
[statusItem setAlternateImage:statusHighlightImage];

[statusItem setMenu:_statusMenu];
[statusItem setHighlightMode:YES];

menu1Image = [NSImage imageNamed:@"login.icns"];
menu2Image = [NSImage imageNamed:@"persist.icns"];
menu3Image = [NSImage imageNamed:@"thumbIcon_.png"];

[_MenuItem1 setImage:menu1Image];
[_MenuItem2 setImage:menu2Image];
[_MenuItem3 setImage:menu3Image];

enter image description here

Also my code take into account ARC

Upvotes: 2

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