Ah, okay. As far as I can tell, there's nothing to do that short of perhaps some Applescript GUI scripting. While the menu extras do exist as files in /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras, opening them just places them in your menu bar.
On Jun 17, 10:56 pm, Psycho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the help, but I did a lousy job explaining my situation, > which as far as this topic goes has already been solved. You see, in > spite of what I said, I already have a solution to my "lock screen" > situation, I just needed to re-find it as I had my hard drive replaced > (if it interests you, my method can be found > at:http://www.macosxhints.com/comment.php?mode=view&cid=81530&query=keyc...). > What I'm really looking to do is explore the functionality of > QuickSilver. I had another idea for what I'd like to do that's > involves the status menu, but I think I'll be best off starting a new > topic to make my intention more clear. > > On Jun 17, 6:27 pm, AquaMethod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jun 16, 5:10 pm, Psycho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Hi all. I was > > wondering if it's possible to access Status Menu Items > > > (the little icons that can be accessed with ^F8) like you can with an > > > application's menubar items. I was hoping to make a trigger that'll > > > instantly lock my screen without force-changing a setting that occurs > > > when a "lockscreen" action from a plugin is used. Hope that wasn't > > > too hard to understand and thanks in advanced! > > > There a script in the Extra Scripts plugin that does exactly this: it > > takes you back to the loginwindow just like using the fast user > > switching icon. It's an Applescript that uses a simple bash script. > > The script is called Fast Logout, and you get it by installing the > > Extra Scripts plugin.
