Cannot seem to setEnabled:NO on NSMenuItem

Question

I have subclassed NSMenu and connected a bunch of NSMenuItem\'s via Interface Builder. I have tested via the debugger to see that they really get initi

Answer 1

I solved it with the help of a colleague, so I post it here for others that experience the same issue.

You should set your NSMenu-sublass to auto-enable items (default behaviour) and then implement this method in the NSMenu-sublass.

- (BOOL)validateMenuItem:(NSMenuItem *)menuItem {
    return [menuItem isEnabled];
}