# Toolbar Provide a space for controls under a window’s title bar and above your custom content. ## Topics ### View [Integrating a Toolbar and Touch Bar into Your App](/documentation/AppKit/integrating-a-toolbar-and-touch-bar-into-your-app) Provide users quick access to your app’s features from a toolbar and corresponding Touch Bar. [`class NSToolbar`](/documentation/AppKit/NSToolbar) An object that manages the space above your app’s custom content and either below or integrated with the window’s title bar. [`protocol NSToolbarItemValidation`](/documentation/AppKit/NSToolbarItemValidation) Validation of a toolbar item. ### Items [`class NSToolbarItem`](/documentation/AppKit/NSToolbarItem) A single item that appears in a window’s toolbar. [`class NSToolbarItemGroup`](/documentation/AppKit/NSToolbarItemGroup) A group of subitems in a toolbar item. [`enum ControlRepresentation`](/documentation/AppKit/NSToolbarItemGroup/ControlRepresentation-swift.enum) [`enum SelectionMode`](/documentation/AppKit/NSToolbarItemGroup/SelectionMode-swift.enum) A value that indicates how a grouped toolbar item selects its subitems. [`class NSMenuToolbarItem`](/documentation/AppKit/NSMenuToolbarItem) A control that presents a menu in a window’s toolbar. [`class NSSearchToolbarItem`](/documentation/AppKit/NSSearchToolbarItem) A toolbar item that contains a search field optimized for performing text-based searches. [`class NSTrackingSeparatorToolbarItem`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTrackingSeparatorToolbarItem) A toolbar separator that aligns with the vertical split view in the same window. ### Item validation [`protocol NSCloudSharingValidation`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCloudSharingValidation) A protocol that a Cloud-sharing toolbar item uses to get validation of an item. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)