NSMenuItem and NSPopOver

Question

On OS X app, what is the technique to show a NSPopover when the mouse is over a NSMenuItem (like in spotlight for example).

Thanks a lot!!! Christopjhe

Answer 1

Can you show your code in the question? It would make it easier to help you. But without knowing what your code looks like, this might work for you:

Add this to your statusItem

self.statusItem.action = @selector(clickStatusBar:);

Add method similar to this to make the popover appear

- (void)clickStatusBar:(id)sender {
    [[self popover] showRelativeToRect:[sender bounds] ofView:sender preferredEdge:NSMinYEdge];
}

Answer 2

I know it's been a while, but if you still haven't found a solution:

Register your class as a NSMenuDelegate to the menu that contains the NSMenuItem, and implement

- (void)menu:(NSMenu *)menu willHighlightItem:(NSMenuItem *)item;

then show the popover when this method is called.