Re: NSPopUpButton doesn't show list when used inside a menu item

FROM : John Stiles
DATE : Fri May 02 00:04:19 2008

Recursive menu tracking? I can't say I'm surprised that this doesn't work :)
Honestly I have to say that this sounds like a really weird UI. I would
consider a more normal approach (submenus?)


Angel Todorov wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a regular menu (File menu) for my app. One of the menu items (New
> ...)  is a custom view , which happens to contain a NSPopUpButton (i.e.
> simple drop down). I create that by linking / connecting (Ctrl + drag) the
> "New..." item to my custom view. At runtime,  the drop down is correctly
> populated, but when i click the arrow to show the list of values, it doesn't
> expand. It works fine when used in the default window of my application.
>
> Is it possible to have a PopUpButton inside a MenuItem itself? Thanks very
> much for the feedback.
>
> P.S: A combo box control also doesn't open / expand when used in a
> menuitem.
>
> Angel
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