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Apple menus, toolbars and buttons (HIG) v1.0.0

Use this resource to design menus, toolbars and buttons following Apple's conventions

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install apple-hig-menus-and-buttons

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent reviews your need (frequent action, rare action, context menu, toolbar, pull-down button) and picks the matching HIG component, with its placement and order. You get a menu and button structure consistent with Apple's own apps.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Works in
Install guides
Generates with
Your agent's model
Licence
MIT

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: menu and button principles, response format and questions
  • references/context-menus.md and references/the-menu-bar.md: context menus and the menu bar
  • references/toolbars.md and references/pull-down-buttons.md: toolbars and pull-down buttons

Good fit for

  • You're choosing between a context menu and an action sheet
  • You want to organise the toolbar of your Mac app

Not for

    Tags

    • apple
    • hig
    • menus
    • buttons
    • toolbar

    About

    You say

    “Which commands should go in my Mac app's toolbar, and which should stay in the menus?”

    Card for the “Apple menus, toolbars and buttons (HIG)” skill

    Skill published by raintree-technology under the MIT license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to design menus, toolbars and buttons following Apple's conventions
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE1.1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • references/action-button.md1.4 KB
    • references/buttons.md4.6 KB
    • references/context-menus.md2.4 KB
    • references/disclosure-controls.md1.2 KB
    • references/dock-menus.md0.9 KB
    • references/edit-menus.md2.6 KB
    • references/menus.md3.1 KB
    • references/pop-up-buttons.md1.5 KB
    • references/pull-down-buttons.md1.7 KB
    • references/the-menu-bar.md3 KB
    • references/toolbars.md4.3 KB
    • SKILL.md4.3 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    raintree-technology
    Source
    github.com/raintree-technology/hig-doctor/tree/48bd383b6e0d08e3485ee8de27fe67b6a2994c07/skills/hig-components-menus
    Licence
    MIT

    Notice

    « hig-components-menus » (raintree-technology, MIT) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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