NSStatusItem right click menu - objective-c

Question

I'm working on a status bar app that has a left and right click. I've got the start of this working by following the tips from other posts but I'm not sure how to go about showing a menu on right click.
I use a subclassed NSView as the custom view of my NSStatusItem and have the right and left clicks executing different functions:
- (void)mouseDown:(NSEvent *)theEvent{
[super mouseDown:theEvent];
if ([theEvent modifierFlags] & NSCommandKeyMask){
[self.target performSelectorOnMainThread:self.rightAction withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
}else{
[self.target performSelectorOnMainThread:self.action withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
}
}
- (void)rightMouseDown:(NSEvent *)theEvent{
[super rightMouseDown:theEvent];
[self.target performSelectorOnMainThread:self.rightAction withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
}
How can I show a menu on right click, the same way the standard NSStatusItem does on left click?

Answer 1

NSStatusItem popUpStatusItemMenu: did the trick. I am calling it from my right click action and passing in the menu I want to show and it's showing it! This is not what I would have expected this function to do, but it's working.
Here's the important parts of what my code looks like:
- (void)showMenu{
// check if we are showing the highlighted state of the custom status item view
if(self.statusItemView.clicked){
// show the right click menu
[self.statusItem popUpStatusItemMenu:self.rightClickMenu];
}
}
// menu delegate method to unhighlight the custom status bar item view
- (void)menuDidClose:(NSMenu *)menu{
[self.statusItemView setHighlightState:NO];
}
- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(NSNotification *)aNotification{
// setup custom view that implements mouseDown: and rightMouseDown:
self.statusItemView = [[ISStatusItemView alloc] init];
self.statusItemView.image = [NSImage imageNamed:#"menu.png"];
self.statusItemView.alternateImage = [NSImage imageNamed:#"menu_alt.png"];
self.statusItemView.target = self;
self.statusItemView.action = #selector(mainAction);
self.statusItemView.rightAction = #selector(showMenu);
// set menu delegate
[self.rightClickMenu setDelegate:self];
// use the custom view in the status bar item
self.statusItem = [[NSStatusBar systemStatusBar] statusItemWithLength:NSSquareStatusItemLength];
[self.statusItem setView:self.statusItemView];
}
Here is the implementation for the custom view:
#implementation ISStatusItemView
#synthesize image = _image;
#synthesize alternateImage = _alternateImage;
#synthesize clicked = _clicked;
#synthesize action = _action;
#synthesize rightAction = _rightAction;
#synthesize target = _target;
- (void)setHighlightState:(BOOL)state{
if(self.clicked != state){
self.clicked = state;
[self setNeedsDisplay:YES];
}
}
- (void)drawImage:(NSImage *)aImage centeredInRect:(NSRect)aRect{
NSRect imageRect = NSMakeRect((CGFloat)round(aRect.size.width*0.5f-aImage.size.width*0.5f),
(CGFloat)round(aRect.size.height*0.5f-aImage.size.height*0.5f),
aImage.size.width,
aImage.size.height);
[aImage drawInRect:imageRect fromRect:NSZeroRect operation:NSCompositeSourceOver fraction:1.0f];
}
- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)rect{
if(self.clicked){
[[NSColor selectedMenuItemColor] set];
NSRectFill(rect);
if(self.alternateImage){
[self drawImage:self.alternateImage centeredInRect:rect];
}else if(self.image){
[self drawImage:self.image centeredInRect:rect];
}
}else if(self.image){
[self drawImage:self.image centeredInRect:rect];
}
}
- (void)mouseDown:(NSEvent *)theEvent{
[super mouseDown:theEvent];
[self setHighlightState:!self.clicked];
if ([theEvent modifierFlags] & NSCommandKeyMask){
[self.target performSelectorOnMainThread:self.rightAction withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
}else{
[self.target performSelectorOnMainThread:self.action withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
}
}
- (void)rightMouseDown:(NSEvent *)theEvent{
[super rightMouseDown:theEvent];
[self setHighlightState:!self.clicked];
[self.target performSelectorOnMainThread:self.rightAction withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];
}
- (void)dealloc{
self.target = nil;
self.action = nil;
self.rightAction = nil;
[super dealloc];
}
#end

Answer 2

One option is to just fake the left mouse down:
- (void)rightMouseDown: (NSEvent *)event {
NSEvent * newEvent;
newEvent = [NSEvent mouseEventWithType:NSLeftMouseDown
location:[event locationInWindow]
modifierFlags:[event modifierFlags]
timestamp:CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent()
windowNumber:[event windowNumber]
context:[event context]
eventNumber:[event eventNumber]
clickCount:[event clickCount]
pressure:[event pressure]];
[self mouseDown:newEvent];
}

Answer 3

Added little something for when you need title in your view
- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)rect{
if(self.clicked){
[[NSColor selectedMenuItemColor] set];
NSRectFill(rect);
if(self.alternateImage){
[self drawImage:self.alternateImage centeredInRect:rect];
}else if(self.image){
[self drawImage:self.image centeredInRect:rect];
} else {
[self drawTitleInRect:rect];
}
} else if(self.image){
[self drawImage:self.image centeredInRect:rect];
} else {
[self drawTitleInRect:rect];
}
}
-(void)drawTitleInRect:(CGRect)rect
{
CGSize size = [_title sizeWithAttributes:nil];
CGRect newRect = CGRectMake(MAX((rect.size.width - size.width)/2.f,0.f),
MAX((rect.size.height - size.height)/2.f,0.f),
size.width,
size.height);
NSDictionary *attributes = #{NSForegroundColorAttributeName : self.clicked?[NSColor highlightColor]:[NSColor textColor]
};
[_title drawInRect:newRect withAttributes:attributes];
}

Answer 4

- (void)statusItemAction {
NSEvent *event = NSApp.currentEvent;
if (event.type == NSEventTypeRightMouseDown || (event.modifierFlags & NSEventModifierFlagControl)) {
[self toggleMenu];
} else {
[self togglePopOver];
}
}