Show NSMenu only on NSStatusBarButton right click?

Question

I have the following code: (can be copy-pasted to New macOS project)

import Cocoa
import SwiftUI

@NSApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSAppl         


        

Answer 1

Here is possible approach. There might be more accurate calculations for menu position, including taking into account possible differences of userInterfaceLayoutDirection, but the idea remains the same - take possible events under manual control and make own decision about what to do on each event.

Important places commented in code. (Tested on Xcode 11.2, macOS 10.15)

@NSApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
    var statusBarItem: NSStatusItem!

    func applicationDidFinishLaunching(_ aNotification: Notification) {

        let statusBar = NSStatusBar.system
        statusBarItem = statusBar.statusItem(
            withLength: NSStatusItem.squareLength)
        statusBarItem.button?.title = "