503Workshop offers a quick tip for creating multi-function shelf buttons in Maya. Maya gives you the flexibility for adding any type of command or tool as a button to the shelf.
Go verticle and add multi-functionality to your shelf buttons
This makes it really convenient to setup entire shelves for your own workflow or even on a pre-project basis.
This quick tip takes that concept a step further and shows how you can create a button that does more than one thing, allowing you to access a menu of items.