How to customize the mac specific menu items

Created June 01, 2018 22:30

I see the following code in AboutAction.java


e.getPresentation().setVisible(!SystemInfo.isMacSystemMenu || !ActionPlaces.MAIN_MENU.equals(e.getPlace()));

This 'about' action is probably the one in Help menu.

But how do I override the action About IntelliJ Idea. I tried


manager.getActionIds("About"); //but dont find any

But I am not able to locate the default Mac About action anywhere

2 comments

Permanently deleted user

Created June 02, 2018 22:06

Actually it's native handler. Enjoy this code snippet:

com.apple.eawt.Application.getApplication().setAboutHandler(event -> Messages.showInfoMessage("Oops!", "About"));

Vicky D

Created June 03, 2018 20:46

Thanks for the hint. Upon trying, found out that it may not work with Java 8

This makes it work (to have it in build.gradle) but not sure if it is proper/safe solution

compileJava {
  options.fork = true
  options.forkOptions.javaHome = new File("${System.properties.'java.home'}")
  options.compilerArgs << "-XDignore.symbol.file=true"
}

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