disabled NSMenuItem

Question

I programmatically create an NSMenuItem and it is disabled. If I override the validateMenuItem: method and return YES for all items, the menu item works fine.

Why would it not be enabled when I tell the menu to autoEnableItems and dont override the validateMenuItem: method?

NSMenuItem *menuItem = [[NSMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle:label action:@selector(methodToLogSomething:) keyEquivalent:@""];
menuItem.representedObject = representedObject;
[menuItem setTarget:self];
[menu insertItem:menuItem atIndex:[[menu itemArray] count]-1];
[menuItem release];
[menu setAutoenablesItems:YES];

score 46 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 25 '13 at 05:14

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It appears that menu items stay disabled if their target and action are not setup properly. In my case, I forgot the : at the end of my selector.

edited Dec 25 '13 at 05:14

ArtOfWarfare

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answered Jan 13 '11 at 17:15

joels

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I forgot to set the Target via `setTarget`. Not setup properly as well. Thanks! – hi im zvaehn Feb 17 '17 at 11:34
This answer also helps if you are trying to disable for certain menu items – mjl007 Feb 19 '19 at 20:27
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Spent several hours trying to figure this out, thanks folks! – esoxjem Mar 21 '20 at 20:39

disabled NSMenuItem

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