Cocoa : How to make a small toolbar like in Pages or Numbers?

Question

Apples Application like Pages and Numbers always show an additional small Toolbar under the main Toolbar. Is there an object like this in the Interface Builder or do I have to build it from scratch? I looked in the IB Library but found nothing so far.

Answer 1

You use NSSegmentedControl objects to do that, styled to Capsule. To achieve segmented controls with labels aligned underneath (which are clickable, like in Mail.app and Preview.app), you need to put them into toolbar button groups. That can't be done in IB. See this discussion in the Cocoa mailing list:

http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/cocoa/204390-capsule-style-toolbar-controls.html

Answer 2

There is no build-in control for that. You can take a look at the BWToolkit from Brandon Walkin. It has a lot of nice controls to build Apple-like applications. Maybe it can fit your needs...