If u need only single window - use handlesExternalEvents(preferring:, allowing:). If u select app and press CMD+, Preferences window will be shown. I guess this is some point for improvement in SwiftUI and this may be changed in the future. If u not change the frame of the EmptyView, u will see a window within the default frame.
Let’s define our menu structure: private func createMenu ()
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Instead, I just cover how to create a minimal app. I won’t cover best practices and recommendations from Apple to not rely on menu bar items and to provide an option to allow users to decide show or not menu bar icons, etc. Unfortunately, we can’t create the macOS bar extra’s app without AppKit, by using only SwiftUI. If u are wondering how u can achieve the same with NSPopover, check for example this article and if u need a pure AppKit implementation check this one SwiftUI implementation Apple also recommends this “Display a menu-not a popover-when the user clicks your menu bar extra”. I personally preferer a way that uses NSMenu - as for me it looks and feels much better. Making menu bar extra’s is not an exception. One of the reasons why I love programming is that because u can solve one task in at least 2 ways. SwiftUI allows us to build apps much faster, so we can use it for this purpose as well.Ĭheck this web resource for a curated list of menu bar extra’s The way Often it’s called status-bar items, but this is not an official name. “Menu Bar Extras” is an official name for icons in the menu bar. Menu bar extra’s app - may be a perfect solution for this. When I facing some problem, that requires the same and same activities, I always try to automate it or at least minimize it. Such an app is always available in the menu bar and can perform some operation with just a few clicks or some shortcut can show information instantly. Creating a minimal utility app for macOS is quite often needs.
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