NSClickGestureRecognizer not working on NSStatusItem - macos

Question

Trying to recognize a right click on a NSStatusItem I got a suggestion ( Thanks to Zoff Dino ) to use a NSClickGestureRecognizer for that. But for some bizarre reason it isn't working as it should be. I am able to recognize a left click (buttonMask = 0x1) but not a right-click (buttonMask = 0x2). This is how I would like it to work but it isn't:
func applicationDidFinishLaunching(aNotification: NSNotification) {
// Insert code here to initialize your application
if let button = statusItem.button {
// Add right click functionality
let gesture = NSClickGestureRecognizer()
gesture.buttonMask = 0x2 // right mouse
gesture.target = self
gesture.action = "rightClickAction:"
button.addGestureRecognizer(gesture)
}}
func rightClickAction(sender: NSGestureRecognizer) {
if let button = sender.view as? NSButton {
NSLog("rightClick")
}
}
UPDATE:
I still did not manage to gets to work. Somehow it doesn't react on a right click (but changing the code on a left click) does. I guess some really simple issues are occurring that seem to block it from working. Even stranger is the fact that gesture.buttonMask = 0x1 works on the left click.

Answer 1

An alternative solution rather than NSClickGestureRecognizer is to attach a custom view to the status bar and handle the event from there.
The small disadvantage is you have to take care of the drawing and menu delegate methods.
Here a simple example:
Create a file StatusItemView a subclass of NSView
import Cocoa
class StatusItemView: NSView, NSMenuDelegate {
//MARK: - Variables
weak var statusItem : NSStatusItem!
var menuVisible = false
var image : NSImage! {
didSet {
if image != nil {
statusItem.length = image.size.width
needsDisplay = true
}
}
}
//MARK: - Override functions
override func mouseDown(theEvent: NSEvent) {
if let hasMenu = menu {
hasMenu.delegate = self
statusItem.popUpStatusItemMenu(hasMenu)
needsDisplay = true
}
}
override func rightMouseDown(theEvent: NSEvent) {
Swift.print(theEvent)
}
//MARK: - NSMenuDelegate
func menuWillOpen(menu: NSMenu) {
menuVisible = true
needsDisplay = true
}
func menuDidClose(menu: NSMenu) {
menuVisible = false
menu.delegate = nil
needsDisplay = true
}
//MARK: - DrawRect
override func drawRect(dirtyRect: NSRect) {
statusItem.drawStatusBarBackgroundInRect(bounds, withHighlight:menuVisible)
let origin = NSMakePoint(2.0, 3.0) // adjust origin if necessary
image?.drawAtPoint(origin, fromRect: dirtyRect, operation: .CompositeSourceOver, fraction: 1.0)
}
}
In AppDelegate you need a reference to the custom menu and an instance variable for the NSStatusItem instance
#IBOutlet weak var menu : NSMenu!
var statusItem : NSStatusItem!
In applicationDidFinishLaunching create the view and attach it to the status item. Be aware to set the image of the view after attaching it to make sure the width is considered.
func applicationDidFinishLaunching(aNotification: NSNotification) {
statusItem = NSStatusBar.systemStatusBar().statusItemWithLength(-1) // NSVariableStatusItemLength)
let statusItemView = StatusItemView(frame: NSRect(x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: statusItem.length, height: 22.0))
statusItemView.statusItem = statusItem;
statusItemView.menu = menu
statusItem.view = statusItemView
statusItemView.image = NSImage(named: NSImageNameStatusAvailable)
}
The special case control-click to trigger the right-click function is not implemented.