Qt Mac, search field in the menu

**0xl33t** · 9th August 2009, 22:26

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, 10:21

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, 21:20

Originally Posted by axeljaeger

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, 00:34

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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