Mailing Lists: Apple Mailing Lists

Image of Mac OS face in stamp
 
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Interface Builder "layout" versus "frame"



That's a shame; I don't want to require 10.5 just yet.
So basically I should just look at what IB uses for layout values and hard-code? Or maybe would it be possible to leverage HITheme or some other Carbon API?



On Nov 8, 2007, at 10:34 AM, Joe Ranieri wrote:


On Nov 8, 2007, at 13:26, John Stiles wrote:

I've noticed that Interface Builder shows not only a "frame" value for object sizes, but also a "layout" value.

I am trying to create a few controls programatically and it seems like I'd get results a lot closer to what I'm expecting if I could create them with a "layout" rectangle instead of a "frame" rectangle. For instance, if I make an NSTabView, it's significantly inset compared to the NSRect I've set. But if I go into IB and create a tab control and set up its "layout" rectangle to match what I want, the positioning is perfect.

So programatically, how do I work with "layout" rectangles instead of "frames"?

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Reference/ NSViewIBAdditions_Reference/Reference/Reference.html perhaps?



I know that technically I could just hard-code the margin sizes of controls but I am hoping to avoid this… it doesn't seem future-proof.


This was the only route prior to 10.5, sadly.

Joe Ranieri
Lead Magician, Alacatia Labs, Inc.
http://alacatia.com

_______________________________________________

Cocoa-dev mailing list (email@hidden)

Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list.
Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com

Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jstiles% 40blizzard.com


This email sent to email@hidden

_______________________________________________

Cocoa-dev mailing list (email@hidden)

Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list.
Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com

Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/email@hidden

This email sent to email@hidden
References: 
 >Interface Builder "layout" versus "frame" (From: John Stiles <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Interface Builder "layout" versus "frame" (From: Joe Ranieri <email@hidden>)



Visit the Apple Store online or at retail locations.
1-800-MY-APPLE

Contact Apple | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2007 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.