A function builder for NSMenu
s, similar in spirit to SwiftUI’s ViewBuilder
.
Usage example (see demo or read the documentation for more details):
let menu = NSMenu {
MenuItem("Click me")
.onSelect { print("clicked!") }
MenuItem("Item with a view")
.view {
MyMenuItemView() // any SwiftUI view
}
SeparatorItem()
MenuItem("About") {
// rendered as disabled items in a submenu
MenuItem("Version 1.2.3")
MenuItem("Copyright 2021")
}
MenuItem("Quit")
.shortcut("q")
.onSelect { NSApp.terminate(nil) }
}
// later, to replace the menu items with different/updated ones:
menu.replaceItems {
MenuItem("Replaced item").onSelect { print("Hello!") }
}
Note that there is no way to preserve the existing menu items, although it should be possible to implement that — feel free to open an issue or PR adding update support if you want it!
- (Potentially BREAKING) When your app has a deployment target of macOS 12 or newer, passing a string literal to
MenuItem("Title Here")
will now create aString.LocalizationValue
, which will make it easier to localize your app if you use MenuBuilder.- If your app is not localized (or your deployment target is macOS 11 or older), you shouldn’t notice any changes.
- If your app is localized, review your UI that uses MenuBuilder and make sure that you’re not getting any unexpected translations. You can migrate to
MenuItem(verbatim: "Title Here")
if you want to opt out of the new behavior. - Thanks to @ShikiSuen for getting this started!
Check out the new API docs! https://menubuilder.jedfox.com
New Features:
- Add
action
andtag
modifiers (Thanks @patr0nus!) - Update the SwiftUI custom view wrapper to use Auto Layout (Thanks @rurza!)
- Add support for menu item titles using
AttributedString
on macOS 12+ - Add a convenience initializer to
NSMenu
that takes atitle
and an@MenuBuilder
closure - Deprecate the
MenuItem(_:children:)
initializer in favor ofMenuItem(title).submenu { ... children ... }
- Add an
onSelect(target:action:)
convenience method to set thetarget
andaction
at the same time.
Bugfixes:
- Update the SwiftUI custom view wrapper’s selection indicator to match the menu styling of macOS Big Sur and later (Thanks @rurza!)
- Make the parameter to
toolTip
optional (Thanks @mlch911!) update()
is now called on anNSMenu
when you use thereplaceItems
API
- (BREAKING) Migrate to
@resultBuilder
(Xcode 12.5+ is now required) - Apply modifiers to shortcuts
- Add a
MenuItem.set(WriteableKeyPath, to: Value)
method to make it easier to customize the menu item - Add a
MenuItem.apply { menuItem in }
method to allow arbitrary customization of the menu item - Add
IndentGroup
to make it easier to indent several adjacent menu items - Add
CustomMenuItem
which allows you to include custom subclasses ofNSMenuItem
in aMenuBuilder
Fixes & cleanup
Add loop support
Add conditional support
Add license, clean up code
Initial version!
Open the MenuBuilder.xcworkspace
to view the package and demo at the same time. PRs and issues are appreciated!