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# collapsedRepresentation

The view displayed when this item is displayed in its parent bar.

```
var collapsedRepresentation: NSView { get set }
```

## Discussion

By default, this is an [`NSButton`](/documentation/AppKit/NSButton) whose target is this popover item, whose action is [`showPopover(_:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPopoverTouchBarItem/showPopover(_:)), and whose image and title are bound to this item’s [`collapsedRepresentationImage`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPopoverTouchBarItem/collapsedRepresentationImage) and [`collapsedRepresentationImage`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPopoverTouchBarItem/collapsedRepresentationImage) respectively.

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