Python on Mac Menubar

[vsquared]

Does py5 have any control over the 'Python' menu on the menubar when running a Thonny sketch?

As soon as the 'Run' button is hit Thonny's menu is replaced by the 'Python' menu, but there are no menuItems as shown below in a normal app menu such as in the Thonny app:

There should at a minimum be a 'Quit cmd-Q' menuItem and I would like to see this added if py5 creates this menu initially. If Python or Thonny is creating the menu then it would appear to be beyond our control. Thanks.

[hx2A]

I don't know. I worked really hard just to get py5 to appear in the dock, which itself is necessary for the window to be given focus. Otherwise, the Sketch window will always be buried behind other windows and does not want to accept keyboard inputs. Theoretically I could also create menu options but it is unclear what code would get executed when selected. There won't be an Exit Sketch option but perhaps there could be code that exits Python altogether?

[vsquared]

Cmd-Q is universal in macos for closing an app. If you right click on your py5 cube icon on the dock and select 'Quit' it has a similar action; in Thonny it will close the sketch window and also exit the sketch and reset the Shell for the next 'Run' (similar to hitting the 'Stop' button). After running macos for so long I'm just used to using Cmd-Q to close the app out of habit. Would be nice to add if you already have menubar code.

[hx2A]

Hmmm, I should be able to do this, but maybe not right away. I'm juggling a lot of issues right now.

Did you use objc or Xcode? Do you recall creating the menubar? Cmd-Q is universal in macos for closing an app

I used the python library pyobjc to ensure py5 gets added to the dock. pyobjc is a Python wrapper for objective c code.

After running macos for so long I'm just used to using Cmd-Q to close the app out of habit. Would be nice to add if you already have menubar code; I have the code if you used objc.

Makes sense. Cmd-Q is not ingrained in how I use a computer so perhaps that's why I have not addressed this before. If you have the objc code for this it would be helpful to me if you could share that. I might be able to adapt it with pyobjc to add it to py5.

[vsquared]

The following is a pyobjc demo for Thonny which shows how to create a very simple menu and window. Cmd-Q may be used to quit the sketch and reset the Thonny shell:

from Cocoa import (
    NSObject,
    NSApplication,
    NSApp,
    NSWindow,
    NSButton,
    NSMakeRect,
    NSBeep,
    NSMenu,
    NSMenuItem,
    NSBezelStyleCircular,
    NSBezelStylePush,
    NSWindowStyleMaskTitled,
    NSWindowStyleMaskClosable,
    NSWindowStyleMaskMiniaturizable,
    NSWindowStyleMaskResizable,
    NSBackingStoreBuffered,
)

_wndW = 400
_wndH = 200

class AppDelegate(NSObject):

    def myBtnAction_(self, sender):
        print("Hello World!")
        NSBeep()

    def buildMenu(self):
        menubar = NSMenu.alloc().init()
        app_menu_item = NSMenuItem.alloc().init()
        menubar.addItem_(app_menu_item)
        NSApp.setMainMenu_(menubar)
        app_menu = NSMenu.alloc().init()
        quit_menu_item = NSMenuItem.alloc().initWithTitle_action_keyEquivalent_("Quit", "terminate:", "q")
        app_menu.addItem_(quit_menu_item)
        app_menu_item.setSubmenu_(app_menu)

    def buildWnd(self):
        frame = NSMakeRect(0, 0, _wndW, _wndH)
        wndStyle = (NSWindowStyleMaskTitled | NSWindowStyleMaskClosable | NSWindowStyleMaskMiniaturizable | NSWindowStyleMaskResizable)
        self.wnd = NSWindow.alloc().initWithContentRect_styleMask_backing_defer_(frame, wndStyle, NSBackingStoreBuffered, False)
        self.wnd.setTitle_("HelloWorld")
        self.wnd.center()
        self.wnd.orderFrontRegardless()

        myBtn = NSButton.alloc().initWithFrame_(NSMakeRect(10.0, _wndH - 50, 90, 30))
        self.wnd.contentView().addSubview_(myBtn)
        myBtn.setBezelStyle_(NSBezelStylePush)
        myBtn.setTitle_("Hello!")
        myBtn.setAction_("myBtnAction:")

        quitBtn = NSButton.alloc().initWithFrame_(NSMakeRect(_wndW - 60, 10, 50, 30))
        self.wnd.contentView().addSubview_(quitBtn)
        quitBtn.setBezelStyle_(NSBezelStyleCircular)
        quitBtn.setTitle_("Q")
        quitBtn.setAction_("terminate:")

    def applicationDidFinishLaunching_(self, aNotification):
        self.buildMenu()
        self.buildWnd()

    def applicationShouldTerminateAfterLastWindowClosed_(self, sender):
        return True

def main():
    app = NSApplication.sharedApplication()
    appDelegate = AppDelegate.alloc().init()
    app.setDelegate_(appDelegate)
    app.run()

main()

App menubar: