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0xl33t
9th August 2009, 23:26
On Mac all apps have a nice search field under the help menu (see attached image).
And many qt apps have it too! But i can't find any info about this.

How do i add that to my menu?

ps. i looked on qtcreator's src code, but i didn't find anything!

axeljaeger
13th August 2009, 11:21
I think it has something to do with string matching. Often this menu disappears after translating an application from english to some other language. I filled some bug reports to nokia about that help menu in their development tools and the answer was something like: It is not documented by apple how to do this. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.

giowck
13th August 2009, 22:20
I think it has something to do with string matching. Often this menu disappears after translating an application from english to some other language. I filled some bug reports to nokia about that help menu in their development tools and the answer was something like: It is not documented by apple how to do this. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.

anyone knows the right string?

supertwang
1st March 2012, 01:34
I believe simply creating a menu named 'Help' in the main menu bar on a Mac will cause this search field to appear. I have not been able to discover how to provide results for the search however.

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