diff --git a/bin/mac/libnst64.dylib b/bin/mac/libnst64.dylib
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diff --git a/native/MacTouchBar/src/ItemDesc.h b/native/MacTouchBar/src/ItemDesc.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b79249217412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/MacTouchBar/src/ItemDesc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
+
+typedef void (*callback)(void);
+@class TouchBar;
+
+@interface ItemDesc : NSObject
+{
+    NSString * _itemId;
+}
+@property (retain, nonatomic) NSString * uid;
+@end
+
+@interface ButtonDesc : ItemDesc
+{
+    callback _action;
+}
+- (id)init:(callback)act;
+@property (nonatomic) callback action;
+@end
+
+@interface ButtonImgDesc : ButtonDesc
+{
+    NSImage * _img;
+}
+- (id)init:(char*)praster width:(int)w height:(int)h act:(callback)act;
+@property (retain, nonatomic) NSImage * img;
+@end
+
+@interface ButtonTextDesc : ButtonDesc
+{
+    NSString * _text;
+}
+- (id)init:(NSString*)text act:(callback)act;
+@property (retain, nonatomic) NSString * text;
+@end
+
+@interface PopoverDesc : ItemDesc
+{
+    NSImage * _img;
+    NSString * _text;
+    TouchBar * _expandBar;
+    TouchBar * _tapAndHoldBar;
+}
+- (id)init:(NSString*)text img:(char*)praster width:(int)w height:(int)h;
+@property (retain, nonatomic) NSImage * img;
+@property (retain, nonatomic) NSString * text;
+@property (retain, nonatomic) TouchBar * expandBar;
+@property (retain, nonatomic) TouchBar * tapHoldBar;
+@end
diff --git a/native/MacTouchBar/src/ItemDesc.m b/native/MacTouchBar/src/ItemDesc.m
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d361521a314c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/MacTouchBar/src/ItemDesc.m
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#import "ItemDesc.h"
+
+static NSImage * createImgFrom4ByteRGBA(const unsigned char *bytes, int w, int h) {
+    const int rowBytes = w*4;
+    NSBitmapImageRep *rep =
+            [[NSBitmapImageRep alloc]
+                    initWithBitmapDataPlanes: nil  // allocate the pixel buffer inside
+                                  pixelsWide: w
+                                  pixelsHigh: h
+                               bitsPerSample: 8
+                             samplesPerPixel: 4
+                                    hasAlpha: YES
+                                    isPlanar: NO
+                              colorSpaceName: NSDeviceRGBColorSpace
+                                bitmapFormat: NSAlphaNonpremultipliedBitmapFormat
+                                 bytesPerRow: rowBytes
+                                bitsPerPixel: 0];   // this must agree with bitsPerSample and samplesPerPixel, If you specify 0 for this parameter, the object interprets the number of bits per pixel using the values in the bps and spp parameters
+
+    [rep autorelease];
+
+    unsigned char* pix = [rep bitmapData];
+    memcpy(pix, bytes, h*rowBytes);
+
+    NSImage* nsimg = [[[NSImage alloc] initWithSize:NSMakeSize(w, h)] autorelease];
+    [nsimg addRepresentation:rep];
+    return nsimg;
+}
+
+@implementation ItemDesc
+@synthesize uid = _itemId;
+@end
+
+@implementation ButtonDesc
+- (id)init:(callback)act {
+    self = [super init];
+    if (self)
+        _action = act;
+    return self;
+}
+@synthesize action = _action;
+@end
+
+@implementation ButtonImgDesc
+- (id)init:(char*)raster width:(int)w height:(int)h act:(callback)act {
+    self = [super init:act];
+    if (self)
+        self.img = createImgFrom4ByteRGBA((unsigned char *)raster, w, h);
+    return self;
+}
+@synthesize img = _img;
+@end
+
+@implementation ButtonTextDesc
+- (id)init:(NSString*)text act:(callback)act {
+    self = [super init:act];
+    if (self)
+        self.text = text;
+    return self;
+}
+@synthesize text = _text;
+@end
+
+@implementation PopoverDesc
+- (id)init:(NSString*)text img:(char*)raster width:(int)w height:(int)h {
+    self = [super init];
+    if (self) {
+        self.img = createImgFrom4ByteRGBA((unsigned char *)raster, w, h);
+        self.text = text;
+    }
+    return self;
+}
+@synthesize img = _img, text = _text, expandBar = _expandBar, tapHoldBar = _tapAndHoldBar;
+@end
diff --git a/native/MacTouchBar/src/TouchBar.h b/native/MacTouchBar/src/TouchBar.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0ac3b9d661c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/MacTouchBar/src/TouchBar.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
+
+@interface TouchBar : NSObject<NSTouchBarDelegate>
+@end
diff --git a/native/MacTouchBar/src/TouchBar.m b/native/MacTouchBar/src/TouchBar.m
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa8de917c1fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/MacTouchBar/src/TouchBar.m
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+#import "TouchBar.h"
+#import "ItemDesc.h"
+
+//#define LOGGING_ENABLED
+
+void nslog(NSString* format, ...) {
+#ifdef LOGGING_ENABLED
+    va_list argList;
+    va_start(argList, format);
+    NSString* formattedMessage = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat: format arguments: argList];
+    va_end(argList);
+    NSLog(@"%@", formattedMessage);
+    [formattedMessage release];
+#endif // LOGGING_ENABLED
+}
+
+@interface NSButtonWithDesc : NSButton
+{
+    ButtonDesc * desc;
+}
+@property (retain) ButtonDesc * desc;
+@end
+
+@implementation NSButtonWithDesc
+@synthesize desc;
+@end
+
+@interface TouchBar() {
+    int _counter;                       // for uid generation
+    NSString * _name;                   // for debugging/logging
+    NSMutableArray<ItemDesc *> * _items;
+    NSTouchBar * _touchBar;
+}
+
+- (id)init;
+- (void)dealloc;
+
+- (void)registerItem:(ItemDesc *)idesc;
+- (void)selectAllItemsToShow;
+
+- (void)performButtonAction:(id)sender;
+
+@property (retain, nonatomic) NSString * name;
+@property (readonly) NSTouchBar * touchBar;
+@end
+
+@implementation TouchBar
+
+@synthesize name = _name;
+@synthesize touchBar = _touchBar;
+
+-(id)init {
+    self = [super init];
+    if (self) {
+        _counter = 0;
+        _items = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
+        _touchBar = [[NSTouchBar alloc] init];
+        [_touchBar setDelegate:self];           // NOTE: delegate-property of NSTouchBar is weak
+    }
+    return self;
+}
+
+- (void)dealloc {
+    [_items release];
+    [_touchBar release];
+    [super dealloc];
+}
+
+-(void)registerItem:(ItemDesc *) idesc {
+    if (idesc == nil) {
+        nslog(@"ERROR: passed nil item-descriptor");
+        return;
+    }
+    idesc.uid = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@.%@.%d", _name, [idesc class], _counter++];
+    [_items addObject:idesc];
+    nslog(@"TRACE: registered item-descriptor '%@' [%@]", [idesc class], idesc.uid);
+}
+
+- (void)selectAllItemsToShow {
+    const NSUInteger count = [_items count];
+    NSMutableArray<NSTouchBarItemIdentifier> * all = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:count];
+    for (int c = 0; c < count; ++c)
+        [all addObject:_items[c].uid];
+
+    [_touchBar setDefaultItemIdentifiers:all];
+    [all release];
+}
+
+- (nullable NSTouchBarItem *)touchBar:(NSTouchBar *)touchBar makeItemForIdentifier:(NSTouchBarItemIdentifier)identifier {
+    const NSUInteger count = [_items count];
+    ItemDesc * idesc = nil;
+    for (int c = 0; c < count; ++c) {
+        if ([_items[c].uid isEqualToString:identifier]) {
+            idesc = _items[c];
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    if (idesc == nil) {
+        nslog(@"ERROR: called makeTouchBarItem for unknown uid [%@]", identifier);
+        return nil;
+    }
+
+    if ([idesc isKindOfClass:[ButtonDesc class]]) {
+        SEL selAction = @selector(performButtonAction:);
+        NSButtonWithDesc *theButton = nil;
+
+        if ([idesc isKindOfClass:[ButtonTextDesc class]]) {
+            nslog(@"TRACE: create button.text [%@]", identifier);
+            ButtonTextDesc * bdesc = (ButtonTextDesc *) idesc;
+            theButton =  [NSButtonWithDesc buttonWithTitle:bdesc.text target:self action:selAction];
+            theButton.desc = bdesc;
+        } else if ([idesc isKindOfClass:[ButtonImgDesc class]]) {
+            nslog(@"TRACE: create button.img [%@]", identifier);
+            ButtonImgDesc * bdesc = (ButtonImgDesc *) idesc;
+            theButton =  [NSButtonWithDesc buttonWithImage:bdesc.img target:self action:selAction];
+            theButton.desc = bdesc;
+        } else {
+            nslog(@"ERROR: can't create unknown button subtype '%@' [%@]", idesc, identifier);
+            return nil;
+        }
+
+        NSCustomTouchBarItem *customItemForButton = [[[NSCustomTouchBarItem alloc] initWithIdentifier:identifier] autorelease];
+        customItemForButton.view = theButton; // NOTE: view is strong
+        return customItemForButton;
+    }
+
+    if ([idesc isKindOfClass:[PopoverDesc class]]) {
+        nslog(@"TRACE: create popover [%@]", identifier);
+        PopoverDesc * pdesc = (PopoverDesc *) idesc;
+
+        NSPopoverTouchBarItem * popoverTouchBarItem = [[[NSPopoverTouchBarItem alloc] initWithIdentifier:pdesc.uid] autorelease];
+        popoverTouchBarItem.showsCloseButton = YES;
+
+        if (pdesc.img != nil)
+            popoverTouchBarItem.collapsedRepresentationImage = pdesc.img;
+        if (pdesc.text != nil)
+            popoverTouchBarItem.collapsedRepresentationLabel = pdesc.text;
+
+        popoverTouchBarItem.popoverTouchBar = pdesc.expandBar.touchBar;
+        popoverTouchBarItem.pressAndHoldTouchBar = pdesc.tapHoldBar.touchBar;
+        return popoverTouchBarItem;
+    }
+
+    nslog(@"ERROR: called makeTouchBarItem for uid '%@' that has unsopported type '%@'", identifier, [idesc class]);
+    return nil;
+}
+
+- (void)performButtonAction:(id)sender {
+    NSButtonWithDesc * butSender = (NSButtonWithDesc *)sender;
+    nslog(@"TRACE: called performButtonAction for uid '%@'", butSender.desc.uid);
+    (*butSender.desc.action)();
+}
+
+@end
+
+id createTouchBar(char * name) {
+    TouchBar * res = [[TouchBar alloc] init];
+    res.name = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:name];
+    return res;
+}
+
+void releaseTouchBar(id tbobj) {
+    [tbobj release];
+}
+
+// NOTE:
+// We can obtain "item's descriptor" via java-callback (called from NSTouchBarDelegate:touchBar:makeItemForIdentifier).
+// This allows to alloc resources by request but it can produce latency in AppKit-thread theoretically (read icon from file, for example)
+
+id registerButtonText(id tbobj, char* text, callback action) {
+    ButtonDesc * bdesc = [[[ButtonTextDesc alloc] init:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:text] act:action] autorelease];
+    [(TouchBar *)tbobj registerItem:bdesc];
+    return bdesc;
+}
+
+id registerButtonImg(id tbobj, char* raster4ByteRGBA, int w, int h, callback action) {
+    if (w <= 0 || h <= 0) {
+        nslog(@"ERROR: incorrect image sizes");
+        return nil;
+    }
+    ButtonDesc * bdesc = [[[ButtonImgDesc alloc] init:raster4ByteRGBA width:w height:h act:action] autorelease];
+    [(TouchBar *)tbobj registerItem:bdesc];
+    return bdesc;
+}
+
+id registerPopover(id tbobj, char* text, char* raster4ByteRGBA, int w, int h) {
+    PopoverDesc * pdesc = [[[PopoverDesc alloc] init:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:text] img:raster4ByteRGBA width:w height:h] autorelease];
+    [(TouchBar *)tbobj registerItem:pdesc];
+    return pdesc;
+}
+
+void setPopoverExpandTouchBar(id popoverobj, id expandTB) {
+    PopoverDesc * pdesc = (PopoverDesc *) popoverobj;
+    pdesc.expandBar = expandTB;
+    nslog(@"TRACE: set expandTB to popover [%@], text='%@', tb='%@'", pdesc.uid, pdesc.text, pdesc.expandBar);
+}
+
+void setPopoverTapAndHoldTouchBar(id popoverobj, id tapHoldTB) {
+    PopoverDesc * pdesc = (PopoverDesc *) popoverobj;
+    pdesc.tapHoldBar = tapHoldTB;
+    nslog(@"TRACE: set tapHoldTB to popover [%@], text='%@', tb='%@'", pdesc.uid, pdesc.text, pdesc.tapHoldBar);
+}
+
+void selectAllItemsToShow(id tb) {
+    [(TouchBar *)tb selectAllItemsToShow];
+}
+
+void setTouchBar(id tb) {
+    [[NSApplication sharedApplication] setTouchBar:((TouchBar *)tb).touchBar];
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/native/MacTouchBar/src/nst.m b/native/MacTouchBar/src/nst.m
deleted file mode 100644
index c95d721188f8..000000000000
--- a/native/MacTouchBar/src/nst.m
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,185 +0,0 @@
-#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
-
-typedef  void (*callback)(void);
-
-@interface ItemDesc : NSObject
-{
-    NSString * myItemId;
-    NSString * myType;
-}
-- (id)init:(NSString*)uid type:(NSString*)type;
-
-@property (readonly, nonatomic) NSString * uid;
-@property (readonly, nonatomic) NSString * type;
-@end
-
-@interface ButtonDesc : ItemDesc
-{
-    callback myAction;
-}
-- (id)init:(NSString*)uid type:(NSString*)type act:(callback)act;
-@property (readonly, nonatomic) callback action;
-@end
-
-@interface ButtonImgDesc : ButtonDesc
-{
-    NSData * myImg;
-}
-- (id)init:(NSString*)uid type:(NSString*)type img:(char*)praster bytes:(int)bytesCount act:(callback)act;
-@property (readonly, nonatomic) NSData * imgData;
-@end
-
-@interface ButtonTextDesc : ButtonDesc
-{
-    NSString * myText;
-}
-- (id)init:(NSString*)uid type:(NSString*)type text:(NSString*)text act:(callback)act;
-@property (readonly, nonatomic) NSString * text;
-@end
-
-
-@implementation ItemDesc
-- (id)init:(NSString*)_uid type:(NSString*)_type {
-    self = [super init];
-    if (self) {
-        myItemId = _uid;
-        [myItemId retain];
-        myType = _type;
-        [myType retain];
-    }
-    return self;
-}
-@synthesize uid = myItemId, type = myType;
-@end
-
-@implementation ButtonDesc
-- (id)init:(NSString*)_uid type:(NSString*)_type act:(callback)_act {
-    self = [super init:_uid type:_type];
-    if (self)
-        myAction = _act;
-    return self;
-}
-@synthesize action = myAction;
-@end
-
-@implementation ButtonImgDesc
-- (id)init:(NSString*)_uid type:(NSString*)_type img:(char*)_raster bytes:(int)_bytesCount act:(callback)_act {
-    self = [super init:_uid type:_type act:_act];
-    if (self) {
-        myImg = [NSData dataWithBytes:_raster length:_bytesCount];
-        [myImg retain];
-    }
-    return self;
-}
-@synthesize imgData = myImg;
-@end
-
-@implementation ButtonTextDesc
-- (id)init:(NSString*)_uid type:(NSString*)_type text:(NSString*)_text act:(callback)_act {
-    self = [super init:_uid type:_type act:_act];
-    if (self) {
-        myText = _text;
-        [myText retain];
-    }
-    return self;
-}
-@synthesize text = myText;
-@end
-
-// NOTE: futher improvements:
-// 1. map per TB-wrapper
-// 2. request "item's info" via java-callback called from NSTouchBarDelegate:touchBar:makeItemForIdentifier (alloc resources by request)
-static NSMutableDictionary *g_uid2desc = nil;
-
-static void _registerItem(ItemDesc * idesc) {
-    if (idesc == nil) {
-#ifdef LOGGING_ENABLED
-        NSLog(@"ERROR: passed nil into _registerItem");
-#endif // LOGGING_ENABLED
-        return;
-    }
-    if (g_uid2desc == nil)
-        g_uid2desc = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
-    g_uid2desc[idesc.uid] = idesc;
-}
-
-void registerButtonText(char* uid, char* text, callback action) {
-    ButtonDesc * bdesc = [[[ButtonTextDesc alloc] init:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:uid] type:@"button.text" text:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:text] act:action] autorelease];
-    _registerItem(bdesc);
-}
-
-void registerButtonImg(char* uid, char* bytes, int bytesCount, callback action) {
-    ButtonDesc * bdesc = [[[ButtonImgDesc alloc] init:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:uid] type:@"button.img" img:bytes bytes:bytesCount act:action] autorelease];
-    _registerItem(bdesc);
-}
-
-@interface NSButtonWithDesc : NSButton
-{
-    ButtonDesc * desc;
-}
-@property (retain) ButtonDesc * desc;
-@end
-
-@implementation NSButtonWithDesc
-@synthesize desc;
-@end
-
-@interface NSTDelegate : NSObject<NSTouchBarDelegate>
-- (void)performButtonAction:(id)sender;
-@end
-
-//#define LOGGING_ENABLED
-
-@implementation NSTDelegate
-
-// This gets called while the NSTouchBar is being constructed, for each NSTouchBarItem to be created.
-- (nullable NSTouchBarItem *)touchBar:(NSTouchBar *)touchBar makeItemForIdentifier:(NSTouchBarItemIdentifier)identifier
-{
-    if (g_uid2desc == nil) {
-#ifdef LOGGING_ENABLED
-        NSLog(@"ERROR: called makeTouchBarItem for item '%@', but global items registry is empty", identifier);
-#endif // LOGGING_ENABLED
-        return nil;
-    }
-    ItemDesc * idesc = g_uid2desc[identifier];
-    if (idesc == nil) {
-#ifdef LOGGING_ENABLED
-        NSLog(@"ERROR: called makeTouchBarItem for uid '%@' that wasn't registered", identifier);
-#endif // LOGGING_ENABLED
-        return nil;
-    }
-
-    if ([idesc.type isEqualToString:@"button.text"]) {
-#ifdef LOGGING_ENABLED
-        NSLog(@"TRACE: called makeTouchBarItem for button.text '%@'", identifier);
-#endif // LOGGING_ENABLED
-        SEL selAction = @selector(performButtonAction:);
-        ButtonTextDesc * bdesc = (ButtonTextDesc *) idesc;
-        NSButtonWithDesc *theButton =  [NSButtonWithDesc buttonWithTitle:bdesc.text target:self action:selAction];
-        theButton.desc = bdesc;
-        
-        NSCustomTouchBarItem *customItemForButton =
-        [[NSCustomTouchBarItem alloc] initWithIdentifier:identifier];
-        customItemForButton.view = theButton;
-        
-        // We want this label to always be visible no matter how many items are in the NSTouchBar instance.
-        customItemForButton.visibilityPriority = NSTouchBarItemPriorityHigh;
-        return customItemForButton;
-    }
-    
-#ifdef LOGGING_ENABLED
-    NSLog(@"ERROR: called makeTouchBarItem for uid '%@' that has unsopported type '%@'", identifier, idesc.type);
-#endif // LOGGING_ENABLED
-    return nil;
-}
-
-- (void)performButtonAction:(id)sender {
-    NSButtonWithDesc * butSender = (NSButtonWithDesc *)sender;
-#ifdef LOGGING_ENABLED
-    NSLog(@"TRACE: called performButtonAction for uid '%@'", butSender.desc.uid);
-#endif // LOGGING_ENABLED
-    (*butSender.desc.action)();
-}
-
-@end
-
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/NSTLibrary.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/NSTLibrary.java
index 8c102682d878..f77ff53b3e9f 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/NSTLibrary.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/NSTLibrary.java
@@ -1,9 +1,37 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.ui.mac.touchbar;
 
+import com.intellij.ui.mac.foundation.ID;
 import com.sun.jna.Library;
 
+import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.image.*;
+
 public interface NSTLibrary extends Library {
-  void registerButtonText(String uid, String text, TBItemCallback action);
-  void registerButtonImg(String uid, byte[] bytes, int bytesCount, TBItemCallback action);
+  ID createTouchBar(String name);
+  void releaseTouchBar(ID tbObj);
+
+  ID registerButtonText(ID tbObj, String text, TBItemCallback action);
+  ID registerButtonImg(ID tbObj, byte[] raster4ByteRGBA, int w, int h, TBItemCallback action);
+  ID registerPopover(ID tbObj, String text, byte[] raster4ByteRGBA, int w, int h);
+  void setPopoverExpandTouchBar(ID popoverObj, ID expandTbObj);
+  void setPopoverTapAndHoldTouchBar(ID popoverObj, ID tapHoldTbObj);
+
+  void selectAllItemsToShow(ID tbObj);
+  void setTouchBar(ID tbObj);
+
+  static byte[] getRasterFromIcon(Icon icon) {
+    final int w = icon.getIconWidth();
+    final int h = icon.getIconHeight();
+    final WritableRaster raster = Raster.createInterleavedRaster(new DataBufferByte(w * h * 4), w, h, 4 * w, 4, new int[]{0, 1, 2, 3}, (Point) null);
+    final ColorModel colorModel = new ComponentColorModel(ColorModel.getRGBdefault().getColorSpace(), true, false, Transparency.TRANSLUCENT, DataBuffer.TYPE_BYTE);
+    final BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(colorModel, raster, false, null);
+    final Graphics2D g = image.createGraphics();
+    g.setComposite(AlphaComposite.SrcOver);
+    icon.paintIcon(null, g, 0, 0);
+    g.dispose();
+
+    return ((DataBufferByte)image.getRaster().getDataBuffer()).getData();
+  }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TBItem.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TBItem.java
index 9cf3a17da76f..fedff81d9c3c 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TBItem.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TBItem.java
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.ui.mac.touchbar;
 
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import com.intellij.ui.mac.foundation.ID;
 
 abstract class TBItem {
-  protected String myItemID; // used as unique item's name inside native code
+  protected ID myNativePeer;
 
-  String getItemId() { return myItemID; }
-  void register(@NotNull String uid) {
-    myItemID = uid;
-    _register();
+  void register(ID touchBar) {
+    myNativePeer = _register(touchBar);
   }
 
-  protected abstract void _register();
+  // NOTE: creates native peer and returns it's id
+  protected abstract ID _register(ID tbOwner);
 }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TBItemButtonImg.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TBItemButtonImg.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..54e7c032278d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TBItemButtonImg.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package com.intellij.ui.mac.touchbar;
+
+import com.intellij.ui.mac.foundation.ID;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+
+public class TBItemButtonImg extends TBItemButton {
+  private final Icon myIcon;
+
+  public TBItemButtonImg(Icon icon, TBItemCallback action) {
+    super(action);
+    myIcon = icon;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected ID _register(ID tbOwner) {
+    return TouchBarManager.getNSTLibrary().registerButtonImg(
+      tbOwner, NSTLibrary.getRasterFromIcon(myIcon),
+      myIcon.getIconWidth(), myIcon.getIconHeight(), myAction
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TBItemButtonText.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TBItemButtonText.java
index 0dcd7a11736d..23073cf77368 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TBItemButtonText.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TBItemButtonText.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.ui.mac.touchbar;
 
+import com.intellij.ui.mac.foundation.ID;
+
 public class TBItemButtonText extends TBItemButton {
   private final String myText;
 
@@ -10,5 +12,7 @@ public class TBItemButtonText extends TBItemButton {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void _register() { TouchBarManager.getNSTLibrary().registerButtonText(myItemID, myText, myAction); }
+  public ID _register(ID tbOwner) {
+    return TouchBarManager.getNSTLibrary().registerButtonText(tbOwner, myText, myAction);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TBItemPopover.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TBItemPopover.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a992a9820d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TBItemPopover.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package com.intellij.ui.mac.touchbar;
+
+import com.intellij.ui.mac.foundation.ID;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+
+public class TBItemPopover extends TBItem {
+  private final Icon myIcon;
+  private final String myText;
+  private TouchBar myExpandTB;
+  private TouchBar myTapAndHoldTB;
+
+  public TBItemPopover(Icon icon, String text) {
+    myIcon = icon;
+    myText = text;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected ID _register(ID tb) {
+    return TouchBarManager.getNSTLibrary().registerPopover(
+      tb, myText, NSTLibrary.getRasterFromIcon(myIcon),
+      myIcon.getIconWidth(), myIcon.getIconHeight()
+    );
+  }
+
+  void setExpandTB(TouchBar expandTB) {
+    myExpandTB = expandTB;
+    TouchBarManager.getNSTLibrary().setPopoverExpandTouchBar(myNativePeer, myExpandTB.getNativePeer());
+    TouchBarManager.getNSTLibrary().releaseTouchBar(myExpandTB.getNativePeer());// popover (native wrapper) owns tb now
+  }
+
+  void setTapAndHoldTB(TouchBar tapHoldTB) {
+    myTapAndHoldTB = tapHoldTB;
+    TouchBarManager.getNSTLibrary().setPopoverTapAndHoldTouchBar(myNativePeer, myTapAndHoldTB.getNativePeer());
+    TouchBarManager.getNSTLibrary().releaseTouchBar(myTapAndHoldTB.getNativePeer());// popover (native wrapper) owns tb now
+  }
+}
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TouchBar.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TouchBar.java
index 95249533e6c8..449c3a8ae7b4 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TouchBar.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TouchBar.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.ui.mac.touchbar;
 
-import com.intellij.ui.mac.foundation.Foundation;
 import com.intellij.ui.mac.foundation.ID;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
@@ -10,42 +9,28 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public class TouchBar {
   private final String myTbName;
-  private final ID myTb;
-  private final ID myDelegate;
+  private final ID myNativePeer;
   private final List<TBItem> myItems = new ArrayList<>();
 
   TouchBar(String touchbarName) {
     myTbName = touchbarName;
-    myTb = Foundation.invoke(Foundation.invoke("NSTouchBar", "alloc"), "init");
-    myDelegate = Foundation.invoke(Foundation.invoke("NSTDelegate", "alloc"), "init");
-    Foundation.invoke(myTb, "setDelegate:", myDelegate); // NOTE: delegate-property is weak, this java-wrapper holds both objects
+    myNativePeer = TouchBarManager.getNSTLibrary().createTouchBar(touchbarName);
   }
 
-  ID getTbID() { return myTb; }
+  ID getNativePeer() { return myNativePeer; }
 
-  void release() {
-    Foundation.invoke(myTb, "release");
-    Foundation.invoke(myDelegate, "release");
-  }
+  void release() { TouchBarManager.getNSTLibrary().releaseTouchBar(myNativePeer); }
 
-  // NOTE: must call 'flushItems' after filling
+  // NOTE: must call 'selectAllItemsToShow' after filling
   void addItem(@NotNull TBItem tbi) {
-    final int index = myItems.size();
-    final String uid= String.format("%s.%d",myTbName, index);
-    tbi.register(uid);
+    tbi.register(myNativePeer);
     myItems.add(tbi);
   }
 
-  void flushItems() {
+  void selectAllItemsToShow() {
     if (myItems.isEmpty())
       return;
 
-    Object[] ids = new Object[myItems.size()];
-    int c = 0;
-    for (TBItem tbi: myItems)
-      ids[c++] = Foundation.nsString(tbi.getItemId());
-
-    final ID items = Foundation.invoke("NSArray", "arrayWithObjects:", ids);
-    Foundation.invoke(myTb, "setDefaultItemIdentifiers:", items);
+    TouchBarManager.getNSTLibrary().selectAllItemsToShow(myNativePeer);
   }
 }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TouchBarManager.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TouchBarManager.java
index df1ad3e6e8af..309bfea1db69 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TouchBarManager.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/touchbar/TouchBarManager.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.intellij.execution.ExecutionException;
 import com.intellij.execution.configurations.GeneralCommandLine;
 import com.intellij.execution.process.ProcessOutput;
 import com.intellij.execution.util.ExecUtil;
+import com.intellij.icons.AllIcons;
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationInfoImpl;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfo;
@@ -66,18 +67,35 @@ public class TouchBarManager {
         final ID pool = Foundation.invoke("NSAutoreleasePool", "new");
         try {
           if (this == main) {
-            myTB = new TouchBar("main");
+            myTB = new TouchBar(name());
             myTB.addItem(new TBItemButtonText("Debug", new TBItemAction("Debug")));
             myTB.addItem(new TBItemButtonText("Run", new TBItemAction("Run")));
           }
           else if (this == debug) {
-            myTB = new TouchBar("debug");
+            myTB = new TouchBar(name());
             myTB.addItem(new TBItemButtonText("Step", new TBItemAction("Step Over")));
           }
           else if (this == test) {
-            myTB = new TouchBar("test");
+            myTB = new TouchBar(name());
             myTB.addItem(new TBItemButtonText("test1", TBItemCallback.createPrintTextCallback("pressed test1 button")));
             myTB.addItem(new TBItemButtonText("test2", TBItemCallback.createPrintTextCallback("pressed test2 button")));
+            myTB.addItem(new TBItemButtonImg(AllIcons.Toolwindows.ToolWindowRun, TBItemCallback.createPrintTextCallback("pressed image button")));
+
+            TBItemPopover popover = new TBItemPopover(AllIcons.Toolwindows.ToolWindowBuild, "test-popover");
+            myTB.addItem(popover);
+
+            TouchBar expandTB = new TouchBar("main_popover_expand");
+            expandTB.addItem(new TBItemButtonText("ptest", TBItemCallback.createPrintTextCallback("pressed ptest button")));
+            expandTB.addItem(new TBItemButtonImg(AllIcons.Toolwindows.ToolWindowDebugger, TBItemCallback.createPrintTextCallback("pressed pimage button")));
+            expandTB.selectAllItemsToShow();
+
+            popover.setExpandTB(expandTB);
+
+            TouchBar tapHoldTB = new TouchBar("main_popover_tap_and_hold");
+            tapHoldTB.addItem(new TBItemButtonImg(AllIcons.Toolwindows.ToolWindowPalette, TBItemCallback.createPrintTextCallback("pressed pimage button")));
+            tapHoldTB.selectAllItemsToShow();
+
+            popover.setTapAndHoldTB(tapHoldTB);
           }
         }
         finally {
@@ -85,7 +103,7 @@ public class TouchBarManager {
         }
 
         if (myTB != null)
-          myTB.flushItems();
+          myTB.selectAllItemsToShow();
       }
       return myTB;
     }
@@ -116,8 +134,7 @@ public class TouchBarManager {
     if (ourTouchbar == null)
       return;
 
-    final ID app = Foundation.invoke("NSApplication", "sharedApplication");
-    Foundation.invoke(app, "setTouchBar:", ourTouchbar.getTbID());
+    ourNSTLibrary.setTouchBar(ourTouchbar.getNativePeer());
   }
 
   static NSTLibrary getNSTLibrary() { return ourNSTLibrary; }