macOS Status Bar apps: Submenus
Part 02 | April 2, 2023
In part two, we briefly explore how to add submenus to an NSMenuItem
object.
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Apple’s iconic hardware and software have had an immense influence on the world. Did you know that you can still make macOS apps using libraries developed in the ’90s?
Apple acquired a company called NeXT Software in 1997, and their engineering fingerprints are embedded in macOS to this day.
For more information, see the macOS posts.
In part two, we briefly explore how to add submenus to an NSMenuItem
object.
In part one, we explore theNSMenu
,NSStatusBar
, andNSStatusItem
objects. We are also introduced to Objective-C functions.
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