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# pullsDown

A Boolean value indicating whether the button displays a pull-down or pop-up menu.

```
var pullsDown: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

When the value of this property is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>, the button displays a pull-down menu; otherwise, it displays a pop-up menu. This property does not affect the contents of the menu; it affects only the style of the menu.

When changing the menu type to a pull-down menu, if the menu was a pop-up menu and the cell alters the state of its selected items, this method sets the state of the currently selected item to `NSStateOff` before changing the menu type.

## See Also

[`init(frame:pullsDown:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPopUpButton/init(frame:pullsDown:))

Returns an `NSPopUpButton` object initialized to the specified dimensions.


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