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# NSMenuToolbarItem

A control that presents a menu in a window’s toolbar.

```
class NSMenuToolbarItem
```

## Overview

If you set an action on an [`NSMenuToolbarItem`](/documentation/AppKit/NSMenuToolbarItem) control item, the user invokes the action when clicking on the item through pressing and holding to display the menu. If you set an action on the item and [`showsIndicator`](/documentation/AppKit/NSMenuToolbarItem/showsIndicator) to <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>, the system displays the indicator as a separate segment so the user can invoke the menu with a click on that segment.

If you don’t set an action on the [`NSMenuToolbarItem`](/documentation/AppKit/NSMenuToolbarItem), a simple click invokes the menu, and the indicator is purely decorative.

## Topics

### Configuring a menu toolbar item

[`showsIndicator`](/documentation/AppKit/NSMenuToolbarItem/showsIndicator)

A Boolean value that determines whether the toolbar item displays an indicator of additional functionality.

[`menu`](/documentation/AppKit/NSMenuToolbarItem/menu)

The menu presented from the toolbar item.

[`itemMenu`](/documentation/AppKit/NSMenuToolbarItem/itemMenu)


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