Using validateUserInterfaceItem it is possible to disable/enable a menu item but I need a similar behaviour to hide menu items, have you some hints?
Using validateUserInterfaceItem it is possible to disable/enable a menu item but I need a
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Using validateUserInterfaceItem it is possible to disable/enable a menu item but I need a similar behaviour to hide menu items, have you some hints?
– (BOOL)validateMenuItem:(NSMenuItem *)menuItem
Some details in the docs.
Update:
NSMenus do not hide NSMenuItems if
validateMenuItem:returnsNO. The according NSMenuItem gets disabled (Which tells the user that the functionality is there, but currently not applicable).This behavior is also suggested in Apple’s HIG. (See the second paragraph in the “Naming Menu Items” section)
Two other notes about NSMenuItem’s
enabledstate:setEnabledonly works ifautoenablesItems:of the hosting NSMenu is set toYESvalidateMenuItem:seems to traverse the responder chain to check if the target/action of a NSMenuItem is available.