On 09/07/2010, at 2:30 AM, Augusto Callejas wrote: > i'm trying to replicate the functionality of spotlight using an embedded > NSSearchField inside an NSMenu. > when a search is performed, i add NSMenuItems to the NSMenu. when you > perform a search in spotlight, > the first search result is highlighted and you can immediately use the > up/down arrows to traverse the > results. i'd like to do the same by highlighting the first result in my > NSMenu (which is an NSMenuItem). > since spotlight has the same behavior, then it seems like an experience a > user is familiar with.
It looks to me as if Spotlight isn't a menu at all, it's just putting up a window that looks a bit like one (not that there's much of a distinction anyway, NSMenus are windows internally). Maybe just do the whole thing in a custom view? --Graham _______________________________________________ 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
