Hey, Thanks man! That worked perfectly :)
Joe On Jul 25, 2010, at 7:35 PM, Graham Cox wrote: > > On 26/07/2010, at 4:53 AM, Joe Turner wrote: > >> I recently realized that when the user opens the NSStatusItem in my app, the >> main run loop gets blocked up until they close it. This is a big issue for >> parts of my app, so I need a way to thread the NSStatusItem. I tried to >> create it in a new thread, hoping it would then do all of its interactions >> in a new thread, however this didn't work. So, is there a way to thread the >> status item so I don't have to thread all of the tasks that might need to >> happen while the bar is open? > > > Something to consider is that when any menu is being tracked, the main run > loop is using the 'tracking' run loop mode. I could be wrong but I would > assume this applies to NSStatusItem menus as well. The main run loop is not > blocked, but the different mode can exclude various operations from running, > such as timers (by default). Therefore you can probably fix your problem by > ensuring that you allow stuff to run normally in this mode. Look up NSRunLoop > and NSEventTrackingRunLoopMode to read more about this. > > --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
