Is there a way to implement a popup menu from NSToolBarItem?

Question

I am trying to implement a pop-up menu (something that can be seen when in Chrome I press right mouse button when the cursor is over the left arrow).

I have a class derived from NSToolBarItem and I have another class derived from NSToolBar. In the toolbar I call setAllowsUserCustomization. So my right click anywhere on the toolbar brings up the customization menu for the toolbar.

Thank you for any pointer you can give.

Answer 1

You don't need to subclass NSToolbarItem. Just give one toolbar item its own view (in code or in IB). In that view, you can use a standard control like NSPopUpButton, or a custom view with whatever event handling logic you like.