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Being apprised of when NSStatusItem is hidden

Asked 2011-10-12T20:11:10.003
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I have an app which uses NSStatusItem. On small screens, there's not much space in the status bar. When a user switches to an application with a lot of menu items, my status item gets hidden. Is there a way to get notified about this?

What I tried so far:

  • I checked if any NSNotification is fired: No
  • I checked if the statusView is removed from the view hierarchy: No
  • I checked isHiddenOrHasHiddenAncestor: No

Here's the code I use to create the status item.

self.statusItem = [[NSStatusBar systemStatusBar] statusItemWithLength:NSVariableStatusItemLength];
MyStatusView *maView = [[[MyStatusView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 50, 22)] autorelease];
[statusItem setTitle:@"Ma Status Item"];
[statusItem setView:maView];
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It's pretty smart of you to realize that when a status item is hidden, its window will be moved into the background.

Now the notification you're looking for is: NSWindowDidResignKeyNotification (or NSWindowDidResignMainNotification depending on the context of your application)

For a clear explanation about the difference between a key window and a main window, see this.

answered 2011-11-30T09:08:31.883

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