Re: Position of NSStatusItem

FROM : [nexUmoja] Fabian Jäger
DATE : Tue Nov 20 23:59:38 2007

Unfortunately it does not work for me. I checked with a completely 
new project and my code from below... again I only get kind of local 
coordinates and not screen coordinates :-(
Do I need any additional includes?

Fabian
nexUmoja.org


On 20.11.2007, at 23:34, Joachim Deelen wrote:

> As far as I can see the only difference between your and my code is 
> that I'm using a fixed length of the StatusItem instead of the 
> NSVariableStatusItemLength.
>
> --
> Joachim
>
> Am 20.11.2007 um 23:03 schrieb [nexUmoja] Fabian Jäger:
>

>> Now I use this code:
>>
>> // instantiate statusbar-icon
>>         NSStatusBar *systemBar = [NSStatusBar systemStatusBar];
>>               theItem = [systemBar statusItemWithLength: 
>> NSVariableStatusItemLength];
>>         [theItem retain];
>>         
>>         NSView *tmpView = [[NSView alloc] initWithFrame:NSMakeRect(0.0, 
>> 0.0, [theItem length], [[theItem statusBar] thickness])];
>>         [theItem setView:tmpView];
>>         
>>         NSRect globalOrigin = [[[theItem view] window] frame];
>>         NSLog(@"%f/%f", globalOrigin.origin.x, globalOrigin.origin.y);
>>         
>>         [theItem setView:nil];
>>         [tmpView release];
>>
>> The output is: "0.000000/0.000000" ... don't really know what's 
>> wrong with the code :-(
>>
>> Fabian
>> nexUmoja.org