AVWindow 1.0

We've all seen it done before: some applications make great use of that dead space in the upper right-hand corner of the window chrome. Many applications choose to place a subtle reminder to register within a time period; others utilize it for an out of the way configuration option. Apple's own iCal uses it for selecting the timezone when timezone support is enabled in the Advanced settings:<br /><br />Unfortunately, this practice is neither documented nor Apple-sanctioned, and there doesn't really seem to be a conclusive tutorial on making this work in a straightforward manner. As it turns out, adding a view to the top-right of a window (something I'll refer to here as a "titlebar accessory view") is surprisingly easy, and doesn't even use any undocumented APIs, just a little bit of common sense. As such, it's safe, and unlikely to break anytime in the future. You can even do it without any subclassing. Let me show you how.

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	Mac, Mac OSX
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