Any suggestions on how to do this?

I simply want to use a bunch of controls, grouped via a custom view, in a 
toolbar, such that the controls form a single toolbar item (for add/remove), 
but the individual controls respond to mouse, draw, etc as normal.

Is this not possible?

thanks
Rua HM.

On 18/11/2010, at 12:44 PM, Rua Haszard Morris wrote:

> I would like to add an item to my window's toolbar that is a custom view 
> containing other standard views. For example a popup button and a static text 
> field. If possible I would like to do this in interface builder, without 
> implementing NSToolbarDelegate.
> 
> So to clarify..
> 
> I have a window with a toolbar in an interface builder file.
> I want to put a popup button and static text on the toolbar as a single item 
> - I want them to be removeable/addable as a pair, and I want full control 
> over their layout within the toolbar item.
> I want to run the interface in IB using the Cocoa Simulator and see the popup 
> button and text draw.
> 
> 1 - Is this possible in Interface Builder? If so, can someone briefly outline 
> the steps?
> 
> 2 - If this is not possible in IB, how would this best  be implemented? If 
> this is the case, can this work alongside configuring the toolbar in IB, or 
> will the allowed items configured in IB be ignored at runtime? (This is why 
> I'd prefer to do this fully in IB).
> 
> What I have tried:
> - new window NIB file
> - add a toolbar
> - add a custom view to the nib
> - add controls to the custom view - a button, textfield, etc, tweak layout to 
> taste
> - drag the custom view to the toolbar customise sheet (i.e. the allowed items 
> area)
> - it looks like the view content will appear - the buttons are drawn in the 
> allowed items area
> - drag the custom item to the toolbar (so it is in the default set) - oh no, 
> the buttons disappear
> - simulate the interface - oh no, still no buttons!
> 
> I didn't find any confirmation that this is not possible in these previous 
> threads..
> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg35450.html
> http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/cocoa/282463-custom-view-in-toolbar.html
> 
> thanks for the help
> Rua HM.
> 
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