Cocoa : How to intercept a right click on a free (no icon) area of the desktop?

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I would like my app to react to a right mouse click on a free (no icon, other app window, ...) area of the desktop. Thank you if you can help me.

Steven

desktop of the finder yes... – user2404412 May 21 '13 at 11:22 — user2404412, May 21 '13 at 11:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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You will need to inject code (finder plugin) inside the finder application.
Write finder plugin with method swizzling. and use mach_inject framework to inject that plugin into finder. Take a look at How to Write OS X Finder plugin

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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answered May 21 '13 at 11:23

Parag Bafna

Thank you for this answer, but method is looking complex... There must be a simpler solution. – user2404412 May 21 '13 at 11:39
Any other possibility please? – user2404412 May 21 '13 at 13:43

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