Mac OS X - app without menu?

Question

I\'d like to build an app that does not have a menubar, a dock icon, or sits in the app switcher. Basically, it should be like Quicksilver: I\'d active it through a global hot k

Answer 1

Try searching for "LSUIElement". That should give you all the information you need.

(Specifically, this page in the documentation).

Answer 2

As Dave already said, add

LSUIElement  YES

in your application's Info.plist file. That will get rid of icon and menu bar.

Then, to actually bring a window to the front at the appropriate time (e.g. when triggered through a global keyboard shortcut), you could do something like this:

ProcessSerialNumber psn = {0, kCurrentProcess};
SetFrontProcess(&psn);

[someWindow makeKeyAndOrderFront:nil];