>> When a menu is open the Menu Manager in HIToolbox handles incoming >> events on its own. You be able to capture the events with an embedded >> NSView, but I first need to ask the standard question: what are you >> trying to achieve? > > Well, I want to know what the user typed when a menu is open, so that I > can narrow the items displayed.
Something like the Spotlight for Help implementation, then? (That's the search field in the Help menu in most apps in Leopard.) > How can I embed an NSView? I know I can do that for an NSMenuItem, but > then the menu item must have focus for the view to receive the events, > is it not so? The thing to do would be to embed an NSSearchField in an NSMenuItem, and have it receive focus when the menu is opened. As for filtering the results, you'll need to replace the menu content with your own filtered content, which is extremely tricky to do with the current Menu Manager API. I’d suggest that you: 1) File a bug asking for API to simplify the implementation of this sort of menu, 2) file a bug asking for a sample app that shows how to implement this sort of menu, 3) think of another UI to use in the meantime. -Ben _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
