Re: macOS Default Menu Handling

I see, thank you for the reference.

Ryan Ogurek

> On Jun 3, 2026, at 08:04, Lauri Nurmi <[email protected]> wrote:
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> =EF=BB=BFOn Sun, 31 May 2026, Ryan Ogurek wrote:
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>> Oh, nevermind.
>> I'm not sure why I was thinking changing the `s_macAboutMenuItemId` woul=
d change anything...
>> Indeed, the label is replaced in any case, afaics, which seems to wholly=
 defeat the (relevant bits of) logic in
>> CreateAppleMenu().
>> So, what's going on here?
>> On Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 10:10:07=E2=80=AFPM UTC-4 Ryan Ogurek wrote:
>>      Hello,
>> I've been looking at the way wxWidgets handles the macOS "default" items=
 like "About" and "Preferences,"
>> and I'm a bit confused by it, stepping through the code with a debugger =
a bit.
>> I see CreateAppleMenu() and MacInstallMenuBar() in menu_osx.cpp, where i=
n the former the About and
>> preferences items are added unconditionally (if the static item ids are =
set) to a menu added to all menu
>> bars (afaics).
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> There's an open issue about this, with some analysis and discussion: http=
s://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets/issues/16888
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