See also NSMenuItemCategory. – DustinVoss

Header file for NSMenuCategory+CocoaDevUsersAdditions:

#import <AppKit/NSMenu.h>

@interface NSMenu (CocoaDevUsersAdditions)

• (NSMenuItem *)nestedItemWithTag:(int)aTag;
• (void)setSelectedItem:(NSMenuItem *)aMenuItem; @end

Implementation file for NSMenuCategory+CocoaDevUsersAdditions:

#import “NSMenuCategory+CocoaDevUsersAdditions.h”

@implementation NSMenu (CocoaDevUsersAdditions)

• (NSMenuItem )nestedItemWithTag:(int)aTag { int i; NSMenuItem found = nil; NSMenuItem* item = nil;

  for (i = 0; i < [self numberOfItems]; i++) { item = [self itemAtIndex:i]; if ([item hasSubmenu]) { found = item submenu] nestedItemWithTag:aTag]; if (found != nil) break; } else if ([item tag] == aTag) { found = item; break; } }

  return found; }

// Added 20 August 04. Sets aMenuItem to NSOnState (checked), // and turns the rest of the items off. -(void)setSelectedItem:(NSMenuItem *)aMenuItem { NSArray *myItems = [self itemArray]; NSEnumerator *itemEnumerator = [myItems objectEnumerator]; NSMenuItem *eachItem = nil;

while (eachItem = [itemEnumerator nextObject]) { [eachItem setState:([eachItem isEqual:aMenuItem] ? NSOnState : NSOffState)]; // isEqual: is not guaranteed to return [[NSOnState if it’s true } }

@end

The NSMenuItem protocol is now deprecated, edited all id to NSMenuItem*.

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