Introduction to Application Menus and Pop-up Lists

This document describes how menus and popup lists work and how you can use them.

Organization of This Document

This programming topic contains the following articles:

• ‚ÄúHow Menus Work‚Äù describes Cocoa‚Äôs classes for managing menus.

• ‚ÄúEnabling Menu Items‚Äù describes how to enable and disable menu items.

• ‚ÄúUsing Menu Item States‚Äù describes how to check and uncheck a menu item by changing its state.

• ‚ÄúRemoving a Menu‚Äù describes how to programmatically remove a menu from the menu bar.

• ‚ÄúSetting a Menu Item‚Äôs Key Equivalent‚Äù describes how to assign a key equivalent to a menu item.

• ‚ÄúManaging Pop-Up Buttons and Pull-Down Lists‚Äù describes how to work with pop-up buttons and pull-down lists.

• ‚ÄúDisplaying a Contextual Menu‚Äù describes how to display a contextual menu associated with a view.

• ‚ÄúViews in Menu Items‚Äù describes how you can provide a menu item with a custom view.

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