>From a prior thread in the archive: Sorry to be late to the party on this, but currently the status icon support > in LC is for Windows only (at least according to the Read Me). > > I have a step-by-step tutorial on setting one up using Xcode, that includes > calling AppleScript from any status menu items you create (which would > allow > you to reopen your app, or anything else AS supports). > > Here's the URL: > > http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/livecode/tutorials/StatusMenu.html > > Ken Ray > Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. > Email: k...@sonsothunder.com > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com > wrote: > Bob Sneidar wrote: > > > On May 31, 2012, at 10:16 AM, René Micout wrote: > >> I have an application ready to work (a todo list...) and I want > >> to trigger the opening of my application by clicking on an icon > >> placed in the right side of the menubar (like spotlight, Time > >> Machine, wifi, dropbox, etc...) > > > > Oh! LC has no internal way to do that. You would have to have an > > app compiled in a different language that ran as a service and > > created that menu. You could launch your LC app from that app. > > But unless the menu provides some functionality, like launching > > an updater, or turning on or off some functionality without your > > LC app running, then there is no point to doing that. If all your > > doing is launching your application, it would be just useless menu > > clutter. > > > > You should probably read up on the UI guidelines Apple puts out. > > There is likely a section for how those mini-menus should function. > > I agree, the menu bar is not an app launcher. For that we have the Dock, > and LiveCode does provide ways to implement a menu for the Dock icon to > provide features beyond just opening the app if needed. > > Oddly, there seems to be little info in the HIG about how and when one > should implement "menu extras", as Apple calls them, though typically > they're used to provide access to services that are relevant across all, or > at least many, application workflows. > > For simply opening the app, consider this Dock (but don't have your app > put its icon there by itself - that'll prevent it from being accepted in > the app store). > > The one note in the HIG I could find on menu extras notes that they're not > guaranteed to be visible if the monitor isn't wide enough to accommodate > them with an app that has a lot of menus: > < > https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/userexperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/Menus/Menus.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000356-SW1 > > > > The Dock is the way to go for launching. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World > LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com > Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com > LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- I am CDO. This is a lot like OCD, except the letters are in alphabetical order... as they should be. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
