---
title: NSGroupTouchBarItem
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: appkit/nsgrouptouchbaritem
---

# NSGroupTouchBarItem

A bar item that provides a bar to contain other items.

## Declaration

```swift
class NSGroupTouchBarItem
```

## Topics

### Creating a group

- [init(identifier:items:)](appkit/nsgrouptouchbaritem/init(identifier:items:).md)
- [init(identifier:items:allowedCompressionOptions:)](appkit/nsgrouptouchbaritem/init(identifier:items:allowedcompressionoptions:).md)
- [init(alertStyleWithIdentifier:)](appkit/nsgrouptouchbaritem/init(alertstylewithidentifier:).md)

### Configuring groups

- [groupTouchBar](appkit/nsgrouptouchbaritem/grouptouchbar.md)
- [groupUserInterfaceLayoutDirection](appkit/nsgrouptouchbaritem/groupuserinterfacelayoutdirection.md)

### Configuring item width

- [prefersEqualWidths](appkit/nsgrouptouchbaritem/prefersequalwidths.md)
- [preferredItemWidth](appkit/nsgrouptouchbaritem/preferreditemwidth.md)

### Configuring item compression

- [effectiveCompressionOptions](appkit/nsgrouptouchbaritem/effectivecompressionoptions.md)
- [prioritizedCompressionOptions](appkit/nsgrouptouchbaritem/prioritizedcompressionoptions.md)

### Configuring bar customization

- [customizationLabel](appkit/nsgrouptouchbaritem/customizationlabel.md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSTouchBarItem](appkit/nstouchbaritem.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSCoding](foundation/nscoding.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)

## See Also

### Touch Bar items

- [NSTouchBarItem](appkit/nstouchbaritem.md)
- [NSCandidateListTouchBarItem](appkit/nscandidatelisttouchbaritem.md)
- [NSColorPickerTouchBarItem](appkit/nscolorpickertouchbaritem.md)
- [NSCustomTouchBarItem](appkit/nscustomtouchbaritem.md)
- [NSPopoverTouchBarItem](appkit/nspopovertouchbaritem.md)
- [NSSharingServicePickerTouchBarItem](appkit/nssharingservicepickertouchbaritem.md)
- [NSSliderTouchBarItem](appkit/nsslidertouchbaritem.md)
- [NSStepperTouchBarItem](appkit/nssteppertouchbaritem.md)
- [NSUserInterfaceCompressionOptions](appkit/nsuserinterfacecompressionoptions.md)
- [NSButtonTouchBarItem](appkit/nsbuttontouchbaritem.md)
- [NSPickerTouchBarItem](appkit/nspickertouchbaritem.md)
- [NSPickerTouchBarItem.ControlRepresentation](appkit/nspickertouchbaritem/controlrepresentation-swift.enum.md)
- [NSPickerTouchBarItem.SelectionMode](appkit/nspickertouchbaritem/selectionmode-swift.enum.md)