macOS Running my application in the top right of the menu bar

[Monkaaay]

How can I have my application run in the top right of the menu bar similar to Adium?

 

[swiftaw]

The application has to have a menu bar icon as part of it's settings. Not every application has one.

 

[Monkaaay]

I can't find a good search query to use in Google to uncover documentation about this. Do you know of any good links I can reference?

I like how Adium is doing it because it acts as a menu item but doesn't require you to take focus away from the application you're currently working with. I'd like to do something similar.

 

[Catfish_Man]

http://developer.apple.com/document...s/NSStatusItem_Class/Reference/Reference.html is what you want.

 

[Monkaaay]

I really need to learn how to use their docs. Thanks for the link!

 

[semaja2]

Just some extra stuff:

To remove the dock icon and make it only available in the menu set LSUIElement in Info.plist to 1

You can also get NSStatusItems in AppleScript using a addition i made, if anyone wants it just PM me