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I am working on a IM client for OS X, and I have the design in mind, but I need help with the code. On Snow Leopard, when you click a dock item, you get something like this:

What I was thinking of was something like that: (photoshop)

This is the basic idea, but it has to be resizable so that it can include more stuff, like so (still photoshop).

I would need a basic implementation of it, and I can easily sub-view it to do the insides, but it has to be resizable easily.

Any help appreciated!

Answer 1

See MAAttachedWindow ...