http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/PreferencePanes/PreferencePanes.html
On 17/11/2010, at 12:27 PM, eveningnick eveningnick wrote: > Hello! > I have to write an application, that should run on the background. > When the user needs, it should display some control panel. On Windows > system i would have used System tray, and an icon there - when the > user clicks on that icon, it displays some GUI. but what is the Mac's > usual practice? I am thinking that the analog to that tray application > is an agent, launched by launchd. On what event it is considered to be > good to trigger that "control panel"? > All i could think of - is installing a global event tap (but i need > accessibility Enabled then all the time - it is neither a good idea) > and watch some Shortcut pressed on a keyboard. > Another idea was to create an item in "System preferences" (but, could > it be done? And how?). > > And where should I install that application? Installing in > /Applications doesn't seem to be nice, because it's not really a > full-gui applicatlion, It's rather some kind of background system > helper. > > Thanks for the hints, > George > _______________________________________________ > > 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/kiel.gillard%40gmail.com > > This email sent to kiel.gill...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ 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
