[davecom]

I'm working on a program that is like a Start Menu clone. I'm using a
drawer with NSButtons inside of it for the menu, but then when each
button is clicked I'm not sure what interface element to use for the
popping out side menu. This side pop out menu needs to be able to list
items with icons and then allow them to be either singly selected as in
a regular menu, or just simply clicked on.

Any suggestions welcome.
Thanks in advance,
David

[tom_waters]

Not to be obtuse, but have you thought about using NSMenuView?

[davecom]

I thought about using NSMenuView, but it entails two difficulties. First I would need to subclass it(And I'm not sure how to write the SizeToFit method), and second I need something that doesn't require a window around it. I have an idea though. I may use a borderless window with a list view of some kind and then just calculate it's placement. This seems clunky though.

[Angus_D]

You can't have multiple subdrawers, so it looks like you'll have to just create some windows... You could then draw into them using a custom view, if you wanted...

[davecom]

Yes, this is what I did. An invisible window and with a view filled with square buttons on top of it.

Problem solved.