How to put custom text in the menubar?

[madsylar]

Hi,

How can I put a custom text in the menu bar? 😕

It doesn't seem to be possible. Google search yields no good results, buttler doens't do that and I'm out of ideas.

Many thanks for the contribution!

Leo

 

[benwiggy]

It's probably impossible without some "hack" to the system, or writing your own menulet. OS X is not designed to allow easy customisation.

Why do you want to do this?

 

[madsylar]

I want to put a note there's always visible on what i"m working on. Focusbar is too intrusive, growl notifications too.

I have all this free space in the menubar that I'm not using for anything.

 

[benwiggy]

How big's your monitor? 😱

Space certainly isn't a premium, so perhaps you could find some other bit of your display to use for reminders.
I would have thought that Apple's Notification system would work well for this. Or go back to the Stickies app.

(Or actual Post-it Notes™...!)