I am writing a MacOS Menu Bar Application which uses a popover. I have relied on a number of tutorials to get things going.
Very briefly, the code looks something like this:
class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
var popover=NSPopover()
var statusBarItem: NSStatusItem!
func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {
// Popover & Content View
let contentView = ContentView()
self.popover.contentViewController = NSHostingController(rootView: contentView)
// Menu
self.statusBarItem = NSStatusBar.system.statusItem(withLength: 18)
if let statusBarButton = self.statusBarItem.button {
statusBarButton.title = "☰"
statusBarButton.action = #selector(togglePopover(_:))
}
}
#objc func togglePopover(_ sender: AnyObject?) {
let statusBarButton=self.statusBarItem.button!
func show(_ sender: AnyObject) {
self.popover.show(relativeTo: statusBarButton.bounds, of: statusBarButton, preferredEdge: NSRectEdge.maxY)
}
func hide(_ sender: AnyObject) {
popover.performClose(sender)
}
self.popover.isShown ? hide(sender as AnyObject) : show(sender as AnyObject)
}
}
How can I check whether the option key is down when the menu button is clicked?
Ask the current event whether the modifier flags contain option
func isOptionkeyPressed() -> Bool
{
return NSApp.currentEvent?.modifierFlags.contains(.option) == true
}
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When I call function, it's called for all window opened and not just for the selected window.
If the function is called by #IBAction It's applied for the selected window. Otherwhise, it's applied for all windows.
How can i call the function just for the current selected window ?
Here is an preview:
This is the minimal reproductible code:
// AppDelegate.swift
import Cocoa
#main
class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
#objc func openMyWindow()
{
let storyboard:NSStoryboard = NSStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
guard let controller:NSWindowController = storyboard.instantiateController(withIdentifier: "WindowMain") as? NSWindowController else { return }
controller.showWindow(self)
}
#objc func test()
{
NotificationCenter.default.post(name: NSNotification.Name(rawValue: "TEST"), object: nil, userInfo: nil)
}
func applicationDockMenu(_ sender: NSApplication) -> NSMenu? {
let dockMenu = NSMenu()
dockMenu.addItem(withTitle: "New window", action: #selector(openMyWindow), keyEquivalent: "")
dockMenu.addItem(withTitle: "test", action: #selector(test), keyEquivalent: "")
return dockMenu
}
func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {
// Insert code here to initialize your application
}
func applicationWillTerminate(_ aNotification: Notification) {
// Insert code here to tear down your application
}
func applicationSupportsSecureRestorableState(_ app: NSApplication) -> Bool {
return true
}
}
// ViewController.swift
import Cocoa
class ViewController: NSViewController {
#objc func Test(){
TextView.string = "It's applied for ALL views -> it's NOT ok"
}
#IBAction func button(_ sender: Any) {
TextView.string = "It's applied just for this view -> it's ok"
}
#IBOutlet var TextView: NSTextView!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(Test), name: NSNotification.Name(rawValue: "TEST"), object: nil)
}
override var representedObject: Any? {
didSet {
}
}
}
Notification with object nil (no object) are hard to distinguish when it is not even evaluated which of the windows invoked the post.
In other words, make use of the object: parameter when you post the Notification.
Otherwise all registered observers in multiple windows will act on one and the same Notification.
So what object could be used to know who was sending?
The window object itself of course.
Your WindowController has a window it belongs to as well, just compare its address to the posted Notifications object and act when they are the same.
Or compare against the front most windows address, which usually is the window the user expects to act on commands given.
If the target of the menu item isn't set then the action message is sent to the first responder. In your view the text view is the first responder but it doesn't handle the test message and sends it to the next responder. The view controller is in the responder chain and will receive the test message.
Set the selector of the menu item to the action of the view controller and the view controller of the front window will receive it. No notifications required.
// AppDelegate.swift
import Cocoa
#main
class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {
// Insert code here to initialize your application
}
func applicationWillTerminate(_ aNotification: Notification) {
// Insert code here to tear down your application
}
#objc func openMyWindow() {
let storyboard:NSStoryboard = NSStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
guard let controller:NSWindowController = storyboard.instantiateController(withIdentifier: "WindowMain") as? NSWindowController else { return }
controller.showWindow(self)
}
func applicationDockMenu(_ sender: NSApplication) -> NSMenu? {
let dockMenu = NSMenu()
dockMenu.addItem(withTitle: "New window", action: #selector(openMyWindow), keyEquivalent: "")
dockMenu.addItem(withTitle: "test", action: #selector(ViewController.test), keyEquivalent: "")
return dockMenu
}
}
// ViewController.swift
import Cocoa
class ViewController: NSViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}
override var representedObject: Any? {
didSet {
// Update the view, if already loaded.
}
}
#objc func test() {
TextView.string = "It's applied for this view -> it's now ok"
}
#IBAction func button(_ sender: Any) {
TextView.string = "It's applied just for this view -> it's ok"
}
#IBOutlet var TextView: NSTextView!
}
Apologies as this is a beginner question.
I am using https://github.com/davidcaddy/MenuBarPopoverExample to create a simple menu bar app.
I have added a button in the viewController and connected it.
What would the command be to simply close the NSPopover (see commented section below)?
View Controller Code:
import Cocoa
class ViewController: NSViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}
override var representedObject: Any? {
didSet {
// Update the view, if already loaded.
}
}
static func newInstance() -> ViewController {
let storyboard = NSStoryboard(name: NSStoryboard.Name("Main"), bundle: nil)
let identifier = NSStoryboard.SceneIdentifier("ViewController")
guard let viewcontroller = storyboard.instantiateController(withIdentifier: identifier) as? ViewController else {
fatalError("Unable to instantiate ViewController in Main.storyboard!")
}
return viewcontroller
}
#IBAction func closePopover(_ sender: Any) {
print("close this popover")
// what code would I put here??
// closePopover(self)?
}
}
AppDeligate code (untouched from example):
import Cocoa
#NSApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
let statusItem = NSStatusBar.system.statusItem(withLength:NSStatusItem.squareLength)
let popover = NSPopover()
var eventMonitor: EventMonitor?
func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {
if let button = self.statusItem.button {
button.image = NSImage(named: NSImage.Name("ExampleMenuBarIcon"))
button.action = #selector(AppDelegate.togglePopover(_:))
// Uncomment this to capture right mouse clicks, in addition to left clicks
//
// button.sendAction(on: [.leftMouseUp, .rightMouseUp])
}
self.popover.contentViewController = ViewController.newInstance()
self.popover.animates = false
self.eventMonitor = EventMonitor(mask: [.leftMouseDown, .rightMouseDown]) { [weak self] event in
if let strongSelf = self, strongSelf.popover.isShown {
strongSelf.closePopover(sender: event)
}
}
}
func applicationWillTerminate(_ aNotification: Notification) {
// Insert code here to tear down your application
}
#objc func togglePopover(_ sender: NSStatusItem) {
// if sendAction(on: [.leftMouseUp, .rightMouseUp]) is uncommented in applicationDidFinishLaunching
// This can be used to check the type of the incoming mouse event
//
// let event = NSApp.currentEvent!
// if event.type == NSEvent.EventType.rightMouseUp {
// print("Right Click")
// }
if self.popover.isShown {
closePopover(sender: sender)
}
else {
showPopover(sender: sender)
}
}
func showPopover(sender: Any?) {
if let button = self.statusItem.button {
self.popover.show(relativeTo: button.bounds, of: button, preferredEdge: NSRectEdge.minY)
self.eventMonitor?.start()
}
}
func closePopover(sender: Any?) {
self.popover.performClose(sender)
self.eventMonitor?.stop()
}
}
I have tried every command I can find online and none of them allow me to close the popover programatically from within the ViewController.
I would appreciate any assistance you can provide.
Just get the AppDelegate instance
#IBAction func closePopover(_ sender: Any) {
let appDelegate = NSApp.delegate as! AppDelegate
appDelegate.closePopover(self)
}
Note: As the sender parameter is actually not being used you can omit it in the show and close functions
func showPopover()
I am writing a MacOS Menu Bar Application which uses a popover. I have relied on a number of tutorials to get things going. The application doesn’t use a storyboard or Interface Builder.
The plan is to present a menu on right-click or a popover on left-click.
Very briefly, the code looks something like this:
class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
var popover=NSPopover()
var statusBarItem: NSStatusItem!
func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {
// Popover & Content View
let contentView = ContentView()
self.popover.contentViewController = NSHostingController(rootView: contentView)
// Menu
self.statusBarItem = NSStatusBar.system.statusItem(withLength: 18)
if let statusBarButton = self.statusBarItem.button {
statusBarButton.title = "☰"
statusBarButton.action = #selector(togglePopover(_:))
statusBarButton.sendAction(on: [.leftMouseUp, .rightMouseUp])
}
}
#objc func togglePopover(_ sender: AnyObject?) {
let statusBarButton=self.statusBarItem.button!
let event = NSApp.currentEvent!
event.type == NSEvent.EventType.rightMouseUp ? print("Right-Click") : print("Left-Click")
func show(_ sender: AnyObject) {
self.popover.show(relativeTo: statusBarButton.bounds, of: statusBarButton, preferredEdge: NSRectEdge.maxY)
}
func hide(_ sender: AnyObject) {
popover.performClose(sender)
}
self.popover.isShown ? hide(sender as AnyObject) : show(sender as AnyObject)
}
}
I can get the popover working, but how would I like to show a different real menu when the button is right-clicked. How do I get this going?
I have some buttons in first view controller and a webView in second view controller. How to pass different url from different buttons to the webView? For example, the first button will leads to a google website and the second one is Facebook but using the same webView. Do I need to create different segues for each button or just one? If using just one, where should I start pulling that blue line (that line when you hold the control key)?
In first viewController:
class CafesView: UIViewController {
#IBOutlet weak var topBar: UIView!
#IBOutlet weak var button1: MDCFloatingButton!
#IBOutlet weak var button2: MDCRaisedButton!
#IBOutlet weak var button3: MDCRaisedButton!
#IBOutlet weak var button4: MDCRaisedButton!
#IBOutlet weak var button5: MDCRaisedButton!
#IBOutlet weak var button6: MDCRaisedButton!
#IBOutlet weak var button7: MDCRaisedButton!
#IBOutlet weak var button8: MDCRaisedButton!
#IBOutlet weak var button9: MDCRaisedButton!
let cafes = [
"Banana Joe's",
"College Eight Cafe",
"Global Village",
"Iveta",
"Oakes Cafe",
"Perk Coffee Bar",
"Stevenson Coffee House",
"Terra Fresca",
"Vivas"
]
var urlToPass: String!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
topBar.layer.shadowColor = UIColor.black.cgColor
topBar.layer.shadowOpacity = 0.5
topBar.layer.shadowOffset = CGSize(width: 0, height: 2)
topBar.layer.shadowRadius = 5
button1.layer.cornerRadius = 20
button2.layer.cornerRadius = 20
button3.layer.cornerRadius = 20
button4.layer.cornerRadius = 20
button5.layer.cornerRadius = 20
button6.layer.cornerRadius = 20
button7.layer.cornerRadius = 20
button8.layer.cornerRadius = 20
button9.layer.cornerRadius = 20
}
#IBAction func bananaJoes(_ sender: UIButton) {
urlToPass = "https://dining.ucsc.edu/pdf/banana-joes-menu.pdf"
}
#IBAction func collegeEightCafe(_ sender: UIButton) {
urlToPass = "https://dining.ucsc.edu/pdf/c8-menu.pdf"
}
#IBAction func globalVillage(_ sender: Any) {
urlToPass = "https://www.foodbooking.com/ordering/restaurant/menu?restaurant_uid=d368abee-3ccc-40d7-be7f-3ca5d4cbd513&glfa_cid=1263531392.1571083521&glfa_t=1571083566919"
}
#IBAction func iveta(_ sender: UIButton) {
urlToPass = "https://iveta.com/pages/iveta-ucsc-menu"
}
#IBAction func oakesCafe(_ sender: UIButton) {
urlToPass = "https://dining.ucsc.edu/pdf/oakes-menu-2019-20.pdf"
}
#IBAction func perkCoffeeBar(_ sender: UIButton) {
urlToPass = "https://google.com" //This url is just a placeholder
}
#IBAction func stevensonCoffeeHouse(_ sender: UIButton) {
urlToPass = "https://dining.ucsc.edu/pdf/stevenson-coffee-house-menu.pdf"
}
#IBAction func terraFresca(_ sender: UIButton) {
urlToPass = "https://dining.ucsc.edu/terra-fresca/pdf/terra-fresca-menu.pdf"
}
#IBAction func vivas(_ sender: UIButton) {
urlToPass = "https://dining.ucsc.edu/pdf/vivas-menu.pdf"
}
#IBAction func dismiss(_ sender: UIButton) {
self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
super.prepare(for: segue, sender: sender)
guard let destination = segue.destination as? CafesMenu else { return }
destination.detailURL = urlToPass
urlToPass = nil
}
}
In the second one:
import UIKit
import WebKit
class CafesMenu: UIViewController {
#IBOutlet weak var webView: WKWebView!
var detailURL: String?
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
print("URL Requested: \(detailURL)")
}
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
let url = URL(string: detailURL!)
let request = URLRequest(url: url!)
webView.load(request)
}
#IBAction func dismiss(_ sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
What you need to do is use prepareForSegue:sender: to set a property in your destination view controller. prepareForSegue:sender: will be called before your initial view controller segues to any destination view controller. Within this function, we can check which button was pressed and set the appropriate URL in the destination view controller accordingly.
This approach will allow you to use any segue between your buttons and your destination view controller. This means, you simply have to drag the blue line from the buttons to the view controller you want to segue to.
1. Within your storyboard, create a segue between your first view controller and your destination view controller. This is done by holding control, clicking on the first view controller in the interface builder, and dragging over the destination view controller. Then choose a segue type:
Now, select this segue and give it the Identifier "InitialVCToDestinationVC" in the attributes inspector:
2. Make a property called urlToPass of type URL in your initial view controller:
class InitialViewController: UIViewController {
var urlToPass: URL!
#IBAction func googleButtonPressed(_ sender: Any) {
}
#IBAction func facebookButtonPressed(_ sender: Any) {
}
}
3. Make a property called receivedUrl in the destination view controller:
class DestinationViewController: UIViewController {
var receivedUrl: URL!
#IBOutlet var webView: WKWebView!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let request = URLRequest(url: receivedUrl)
webView.load(request)
}
}
4. Set the urlToPass depending on which button is pressed and use the prepareForSegue:sender: function to set the destination view controller's url accordingly. Then, make use of performSegue(withIdentifier:sender:) to perform the segue with identifier InitialVCToDestinationVC.
class InitialViewController: UIViewController {
var urlToPass: URL!
#IBAction func googleButtonPressed(_ sender: Any) {
urlToPass = URL(string: "www.google.com")
performSegue(withIdentifier: "InitialVCToDestinationVC", sender: nil)
}
#IBAction func facebookButtonPressed(_ sender: Any) {
urlToPass = URL(string: "www.facebook.com")
performSegue(withIdentifier: "InitialVCToDestinationVC", sender: nil)
}
override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
super.prepare(for: segue, sender: sender)
guard let destination = segue.destination as? DestinationViewController else { return }
destination.receivedUrl = urlToPass
urlToPass = nil
}
}
5. (optional) Make use of the shouldPerformSegueWithIdentifier:sender: method within InitialViewController and check whether or not urlToPass is valid. If urlToPass is valid, perform the segue, else present an alert.
class InitialViewController: UIViewController {
...
override func shouldPerformSegue(withIdentifier identifier: String, sender: Any?) -> Bool {
if let urlToPass = urlToPass {
// check if your application can open the NSURL instance
if !UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(urlToPass) {
let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Cannot open URL.", message: "This is an invalid URL.", preferredStyle: .alert)
let ok = UIAlertAction(title: "Okay", style: .cancel, handler: nil)
alertController.addAction(ok)
present(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
return UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(urlToPass)
}
return false
}
}
End result:
Here's a link to the Xcode project I made the above gif from: https://github.com/ChopinDavid/PrepareForSegue
Try using the following code snippet to pass the urlParameter to second viewcontroller
class FirstViewController: UIViewController{
func googleActionButton() {
let vc = SecondViewController()
vc.urlToOpen = "www.google.com"
self.present(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
func facebookActionButton() {
let vc = SecondViewController()
vc.urlToOpen = "www.facebook.com"
self.present(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
class SecondViewController: UIViewController{
var urlToOpen = String()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// set webview url to the 'urlToOpen' which you received from FirstViewController
}
}
First of all, create an enum WebURL with all the url cases that you want to open, i.e.
enum WebURL {
case google
case facebook
var url: String {
switch self {
case .google:
return "https://www.google.com"
case .facebook:
return "https://www.facebook.com"
}
}
}
Next, in FirstVC, in the UIButton's #IBAction open SecondVC using the WebURL instance corresponding to that particular button, i.e.
class FirstVC: UIViewController{
#IBAction func openGoogle(_ sender: UIButton) {
self.openSecondVC(with: WebURL.google.url)
}
#IBAction func openFacebook(_ sender: UIButton) {
self.openSecondVC(with: WebURL.facebook.url)
}
func openSecondVC(with urlString: String) {
if let vc = self.storyboard?.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "SecondVC") as? SecondVC {
vc.urlString = urlString
self.present(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
}
Then, use urlString in SecondVC to configure your webView, i.e.
class SecondVC: UIViewController {
var urlString: String?
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
//Setup your webView using urlString here...
}
}
I'm making a small menubar app with Swift 3, I want the app to reload some data when I click the icon, but I also want it to show the statusMenu?
Below is a sample of my code:
// AppDelegate.swift
import Cocoa
#NSApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
#IBOutlet weak var statusMenu: NSMenu!
#IBAction func quitClicked(_ sender: NSMenuItem) {
NSApplication.shared().terminate(self)
}
let statusItem = NSStatusBar.system().statusItem(withLength: NSVariableStatusItemLength)
func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {
if let button = statusItem.button {
button.title = "App"
button.action = #selector(AppDelegate.doSomething(sender:))
statusItem.menu = statusMenu
}
}
func applicationWillTerminate(_ aNotification: Notification) {
}
func doSomething(sender: AnyObject?) {
NSLog("do something")
}
}
if I comment out
// statusItem.menu = statusMenu
The doSomething() function will run, but I can't figure out how to both show the menu and run the doSomething function, how can I do that?
Set the delegate of the menu to the application delegate (or another object) and implement optional func menuWillOpen(_ menu: NSMenu) of the NSMenuDelegate protocol.