validateMenuItem(_:)

Declaration

@MainActor func validateMenuItem(_ menuItem: NSMenuItem) -> Bool

Parameters

• menuItem:

  An Nsmenuitem object that represents the menu item.

Return Value

true to enable menuItem, false to disable it.

Discussion

The object implementing this method must be the target of menuItem. You can determine which menu item menuItem is by querying it for its tag or action.

The following example disables the menu item associated with the nextRecord action method when the selected line in a table view is the last one; conversely, it disables the menu item with priorRecord as its action method when the selected row is the first one in the table view. (The countryOrRegionKeys array contains names that appear in the table view.)

- (BOOL)validateMenuItem:(NSMenuItem *)item {
    int row = [tableView selectedRow];
    if ([item action] == @selector(nextRecord) &&
        (row == [countryOrRegionKeys indexOfObject:[countryOrRegionKeys lastObject]])) {
        return NO;
    }
    if ([item action] == @selector(priorRecord) && row == 0) {
        return NO;
    }
    return YES;
}