System tray icon not in selected state upon clicking

[sjayach]

Description

Used v3/examples/systray-menu example.

Also, popup doesn't display on top of other window

To Reproduce

1. cd v3/examples/systray-menu
2. go run main.go
3. click the W icon from systray

Expected behaviour

1. System tray icon should be in selected state upon clicking
2. should be overlay over other apps.

Screenshots

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Attempted Fixes

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System Details

Wails (v3.0.0-alpha.62)  Wails Doctor 
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
# System 

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
| Name          | MacOS                            |
| Version       | 26.2                             |
| ID            | 25C56                            |
| Branding      | MacOS 26.2                       |
| Platform      | darwin                           |
| Architecture  | arm64                            |
| Apple Silicon | true                             |
| CPU           | Apple M3 Pro                     |
| CPU 1         | Apple M3 Pro                     |
| CPU 2         | Apple M3 Pro                     |
| GPU           | 18 cores, Metal Support: Metal 4 |
| Memory        | 18 GB                            |
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

# Build Environment 

┌────────────────────────────────┐
| Wails CLI    | v3.0.0-alpha.62 |
| Go Version   | go1.25.6        |
| -buildmode   | exe             |
| -compiler    | gc              |
| CGO_CFLAGS   |                 |
| CGO_CPPFLAGS |                 |
| CGO_CXXFLAGS |                 |
| CGO_ENABLED  | 1               |
| CGO_LDFLAGS  |                 |
| GOARCH       | arm64           |
| GOARM64      | v8.0            |
| GOOS         | darwin          |
└────────────────────────────────┘

# Dependencies 

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
| Xcode cli tools | 2416                                                 |
| npm             | 10.2.4                                               |
| *NSIS           | Not Installed. Install with `brew install makensis`. |
| docker          | *Not installed (optional - for cross-compilation)    |
|                                                                        |
└─────────────────────── * - Optional Dependency ────────────────────────┘

# Checking for issues 

 SUCCESS  No issues found

# Diagnosis 

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Additional context

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[leaanthony]

A fix for this issue is available in PR #4913.

Changes:

1. System tray icon highlight: The status item button now properly shows the selected/highlighted state when the menu is open
2. Popup window z-order: Attached windows now appear above other applications using NSPopUpMenuWindowLevel

To test the fix, you can checkout the branch:

git fetch origin v3-bugfix/4910-systray-highlight-and-popup-level
git checkout v3-bugfix/4910-systray-highlight-and-popup-level
cd v3/examples/systray-menu
go run .

Please try it out and let us know if it resolves the issues you're seeing!

[sjayach]

@leaanthony it's still not highlighting(not in selected state). but other app icon is highlighting (zoom app , etc.,)

One more issue.
Once system tray opened then existing previous window like chrome or other app lose focus (maximize, minimize and close buttons are greyed out ) but it's not happening for other native system tray apps like wifi, battery or zoom app etc.,

Z- order seems to be fixed. Thanks

[leaanthony]

Updated fix pushed to PR #4913

The previous approach using popUpStatusItemMenu: + highlight:YES didn't work because that API never provides native button highlighting.

New approach

Uses an NSEvent local monitor to temporarily set statusItem.menu before the button processes mouse-down events, enabling native macOS menu tracking. This:

• Keeps the status bar button highlighted while the menu is open
• Does not steal focus from other apps (title bar buttons stay colored)

Note: attached window popups do NOT highlight the button — this matches native macOS behaviour (confirmed with Claude Desktop, JetBrains Toolbox, MacWhisper).

@sjayach could you please test again? Checkout the updated branch:

git fetch origin v3-bugfix/4910-systray-highlight-and-popup-level
git checkout v3-bugfix/4910-systray-highlight-and-popup-level
cd v3/examples/systray-menu
go run .

[sjayach]

@leaanthony looks good now. Thanks