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SwiftUI Floating Panel: NSPanel Patterns for macOS Apps

·9 min read

How to build a floating panel in SwiftUI using NSPanel. Covers window levels, activation policy, focus handling, resizing, and practical patterns for inspector panels, HUDs, and auxiliary windows on macOS.

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SwiftUI Menu Bar App With a Floating Window: Best Practices

·8 min read

Build a SwiftUI menu bar app with a floating window on macOS. MenuBarExtra vs NSStatusItem + NSPanel, focus handling, click outside to dismiss, multi monitor, and LSUIElement.

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Building Native macOS Apps with Claude Is a Different Beast Than Web Dev

·3 min read

Why Claude excels at web development but struggles with native macOS and Swift - smaller training data, AppKit quirks, and the importance of detailed

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