A drop-in `NSComboButton` replacement with pre macOS 13 support.

Darren Ford

Last update: Nov 9, 2022

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Overview

DSFComboButton

A drop-in NSComboButton replacement control with pre macOS 13 support.

For when you want to adopt NSComboButton but have to maintain compatibility back to 10.13.

Features

DSFComboButton attempts to match the NSComboButton control API as closely as possible. The programmatic interface is almost identical, however (unfortunately) Interface Builder support in a custom control is very limited so I've done as best I can.

Split style

Click on the leading side of the button to perform a 'default' action
Click on the down arrow to present a menu

Unified style

Click on the button to perform a 'default' action
Click and hold to present a menu

Styles

style	description
`.split`	A style that separates the button’s title and image from the menu indicator people use to activate the button.
`.unified`	A style that unifies the button’s title and image with the menu indicator.

Properties

property	type	description
`style`	`DSFComboButton.Style`	The control style to use
`title`	`String`	The text to display on the control
`image`	`NSImage`	The image to display on the control
`imageScaling`	`NSImageScaling`	How the image scales
`target`	`AnyObject`	The target for the button's action
`action`	`Selector`	The selector to call on the target
`controlSize`	`NSControl.ControlSize`	The size of the control

Setting the popup menu

via code

Assign an NSMenu instance to .menu

let button = DSFComboButton()
button.menu = NSMenu(...)

via Interface Builder

Drop an NSMenu instance into your XIB/Storyboard
Ctrl-Drag from the DSFComboButton control on the storyboard to the menu, select menu outlet

Setting the button's target/action

via code

let button = DSFComboButton()
button.target = /*some controller*/
button.action = #selector(buttonPressed(_:))

via Interface Builder

ctrl-drag from the DSFComboButton control to the code.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2022 Darren Ford

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Comments

request

hi, nice control the problem is when you select a nsmenuitem this function is called func splitMenuAction(_ sender: Any) but you can't know what is dsfcombobutton are the parent ?

suggestion set func splitMenuAction(_ sender: Any,_ combo:Any) or use for each NSMenuItem use the property

representedObject for set the dsfcombobutton pointer.

the goal are when you select a item, update the title of dsfcombobutton

thanks,

opened by DevulderJeanPaul 1