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Menu extra

A menu extra, menu item, menulet, or status item is a graphical control element in macOS. It is a small indicator that appears at the right of the menu bar. They often provide quick ways to use applications (e.g. iChat) or display information (for example the system clock), or control system-level variables (for example audio volume). There are a number…

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Menu extra

Nodes20
Edges19
Triples9
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.1
Components1

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Menu extra

Top relations

related to External links · 9
Menu extra → Apple, Building NSMenuExtra, Cocoa Dev CentralNSStatusItem, Managing OS, Menu Extras, NSStatusItemMacMenuBar, OS, Rustam Muginov, Small Tutorial

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Important terminology

menu extras extra system macos introduced os control bar third-party items nsmenuextra dock right use applications example number available similar

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Menu extrarelated to External linksBuilding NSMenuExtra0.60section
Menu extrarelated to External linksSmall Tutorial0.60section
Menu extrarelated to External linksRustam Muginov0.60section
Menu extrarelated to External linksCocoa Dev CentralNSStatusItem0.60section
Menu extrarelated to External linksApple0.60section
Menu extrarelated to External linksNSStatusItemMacMenuBar0.60section
Menu extrarelated to External linksOS0.60section
Menu extrarelated to External linksManaging OS0.60section
Menu extrarelated to External linksMenu Extras0.60section

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