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# pullsDown

A Boolean value that indicates the behavior of the button’s menu.

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

## Discussion

When the value of this property is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>, the menu behaves like a pull-down menu; when the value is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>, it behaves like a pop-up menu. If you use this property to change the menu type from a pop-up menu to a pull-down menu, and the cell alters the state of its selected items, the state of the currently selected item is set to [`NSOffState`](/documentation/AppKit/NSOffState) before the menu type is changed.

## See Also

[`synchronizeTitleAndSelectedItem()`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPopUpButtonCell/synchronizeTitleAndSelectedItem())

Synchronizes the pop-up button’s displayed item with the currently selected menu item.


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