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preferredEdge

The edge of the cell from which the menu should pop out when screen conditions are restrictive.

Declaration

var preferredEdge: NSRectEdge { get set }

Discussion

At display time, if attaching the menu to the preferred edge would cause part of the menu to be obscured, the pop-up button may use a different edge. If no preferred edge is set, the pop-up button uses the bottom edge by default, which is NSMaxYEdge for flipped views or NSMinYEdge for unflipped views. Additional values for this property include NSMinXEdge and NSMaxXEdge.

The exact location of the arrow is determined by examining the value of this property and arrowPosition.

  • If the arrow position is NSPopUpButton.ArrowPosition.arrowAtCenter, the arrow stays in the center of the button and the value of this property determines which edge the arrow points to: NSMinXEdge points to the left, NSMaxYEdge points to the top, NSMaxXEdge points to the right, and NSMinYEdge points to the bottom.

  • If the arrow position is NSPopUpButton.ArrowPosition.arrowAtBottom, the value of this property determines which edge at which the arrow is placed: NSMinXEdge places the arrow at the center of the left side, pointing to the left, NSMinYEdge places the arrow at bottom right corner, pointing up, NSMaxXEdge places the arrow at the center of the right side, pointing to the right, and NSMaxYEdge places the arrow at the bottom right corner, pointing down.

See Also

Accessing menu attributes