Remove arrow in macOS popover using SwiftUI

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Created Mar ’21

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Is there any solution to remove arrow in popover for macOS?
I'm using SwiftUI to make macOS app.
However, I need a popover which has no arrow.
But, in macOS target project, there is no way to remove arrow from popover.

Code Block Button(action: {}) {
  Text("Button")
}.popover(isPresented: .constant(true), content: {
  Text("Popover")
})

Answered by robnotyou in 667277022

A popover without an arrow is possible in UIKit, but not in SwiftUI.

You are using:

Code Block func popover<Content>(
  isPresented: Binding<Bool>, 
  attachmentAnchor: PopoverAttachmentAnchor = .rect(.bounds), 
  arrowEdge: Edge  = .top, 
  content: @escaping () -> Content
) -> some View where Content : View

...which is all that SwiftUI provides.
There is no option to hide/remove the arrow, and the "attachmentAnchor" and "arrowEdge" parameters cannot be used to achieve this.

You could investigate wrapping a UIKit solution in a SwiftUI representable view.

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Answer 1

robnotyou OP

Mar ’21

Accepted Answer

A popover without an arrow is possible in UIKit, but not in SwiftUI.

You are using:

Code Block func popover<Content>(
  isPresented: Binding<Bool>, 
  attachmentAnchor: PopoverAttachmentAnchor = .rect(.bounds), 
  arrowEdge: Edge  = .top, 
  content: @escaping () -> Content
) -> some View where Content : View

...which is all that SwiftUI provides.
There is no option to hide/remove the arrow, and the "attachmentAnchor" and "arrowEdge" parameters cannot be used to achieve this.

You could investigate wrapping a UIKit solution in a SwiftUI representable view.

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Answer 2

Ahseo OP

Mar ’21

@robnotyou

I see...
However I'm developing 'macOS target App'. So, there is no way to use UIKit.
Is it right..?

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Answer 3

robnotyou OP

Mar ’21

macOS, iOS, the same principle applies when you go beyond what SwiftUI can currently achieve.

On iOS you fall back to using a UIKit solution, wrapped in UIViewRepresentable (or UIViewControllerRepresentable).
On macOS you fall back to using an AppKit solution, wrapped in NSViewRepresentable (or NSViewControllerRepresentable).

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