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Re: [Added] Allow editing menu names
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:04 pm
by porg
You misread me!
Abbreviating "GraphicConverter 12" to "GC" does not work.
Means what it says. The menu entry in the main menu does not get abbreviated. I never wrote about the application bundle file name in the Finder at /Applications or it's localized name. Nothing like this! Nor did I write about the app name in the application switcher (cmd-tab).
I really only just referred to the menu item abbreviation. It does not work on my macOS version. That's it. A pure bug report.
Re: [Added] Allow editing menu names
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:23 pm
by Fotokunst
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I only see GC on macOS 14.x
With macOS 12 and 13 no change to GC.
Re: [Added] Allow editing menu names
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:26 pm
by forum_adm
This is only supported onto Sonoma or newer (AppKit limitation).
Re: [Added] Allow editing menu names
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:12 pm
by porg
OK. Thanks for the info.
Re: [Added] Allow editing menu names
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:17 pm
by porg
One last idea, if the best possible branding consistency matters to you, also on your elder supported macOS versions:
For best possible macOS backwards compatibility, maybe you set the static build aspects to:
- "GraphicConverter 12.app"
- "GraphicConverter" in the manifest
- "GC" as its main menu app name entry.
- And only on contemporary systems during first opening/runtime override it to the long name.
Then:
- users on old systems get the short "GC" menu entry statically, without a chance to change it.
- and users on contemporary systems get "GraphicConverter" when the first launch happens or soon thereafter, and can set it to "GC" if desired.
To me personally it does not matter. Was just my last idea on this subject.
Abbreviating "GraphicConverter 12" to "GC" does not work.