NSStatusItem change image for dark tint

Question

With OSX 10.10 beta 3, Apple released their dark tint option. Unfortunately, it also means that pretty much all status bar icons (with the exception of Apple\'s and Path Fin

Answer 1

I created a basic wrapper around NSStatusItem that you can use to provide support for 10.10 and earlier with custom views in the status bar. You can find it here: https://github.com/noahsmartin/YosemiteMenuBar The basic idea is to draw the custom view into a NSImage and use this image as a template image for the status bar item. This wrapper also forwards click events to the custom view so they can be handled the same way as pre 10.10. The project contains a basic example of how YosemiteMenuBar can be used with a custom view on the status bar.