The problem: I have to follow the app's NSStatusItem popup/window right beneath it.
The general solution for this (like it's suggested here or here) is to add a custom view to the NSStatusItem and get the view's window's frame (statusItem.view.window.frame), and connect to move event through NSWindowDidMoveNotification notification of the statusItem.view.window.
This solution works 99% unless the user connects an external display which is taller than the previous display (for example a Mac Book user connects an external monitor), in this case the statusItem.view.window.frame will be incorrect, X coordinate will be actually correct but the Y coordinate will be the same as it was in the smaller screen!
I've checked and most of the menubar apps which have a popup window when you click the status item are misplaced just like I've described.
My solution was to don't use the Y coordinate from this frame but use the corresponding NSScreen's visibleFrame's height like this:
NSScreen *screenWithMenuBar = [[NSScreen screens] objectAtIndex:0];
if( screenWithMenuBar ) {
// correct the top position by the 'screen with the MenuBar's height
// workaround: without this the window will be off-placed when the user plugs in an external display,
// a display with more height
NSRect visibleRect = [screenWithMenuBar visibleFrame];
originPoint.y = visibleRect.size.height + visibleRect.origin.y;
}
As stated in the official Apple documentation the first screen should be always the screen which contains the menubar so it should work, but it seems too much of a hack for me.
Have you guys experienced this bug? Have you found a better solution?
