How to add two touching toolbar items to NSToolbar

Question

I want to add two touching items, such as a forward and back button, to NSToolbar, like so:

NSToolbar seems to add horizontal margins by default, for each item, like this:

I checked out the XIB source code under the toolbarItem node, and there is no property/attribute that would provide a margin or padding.

Thanks for your help!

Selfinduced

Would an NSSegmentedControl work? – Conjugate

That is a possibility, if it is possible to turn off borders for the control, so that only the button borders are showing. I'll give that a try tonight, thanks! – Selfinduced

@Conjugate That didn't do the trick. The NSSegmentedControl shows its own border, and doesn't allow me to set an NSView for a segment--only images or labels. – Selfinduced

Answer 1

I do use NSSegmentedControl for this which allows me to use my own images, labels, set custom actions, use a toggle, set a menu, etc. If this type of toolbar item works for you:

then you can see how I build these items in IB & code in this project (note that the AppDelegate class is the delegate for the NSToolbar):

TouchingToolbar.zip

If you really want the two items separated (but close together), set the style of the NSSegmentedControl in IB from Rounded to Separated:

Aras

That's it, thank you! I had to change the style to separated, and now it's perfect! – Selfinduced