Re: NSAlert or what?
Re: NSAlert or what?
- Subject: Re: NSAlert or what?
- From: Michael Davey <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:42:12 +1100
Thanks for the pointer!
On 19 Dec 2009, at 18:37, David A. Lyons wrote:
> Here's a recipe I discovered recently: Consult the Apple Human Interface Guidelines PDF [1], which sometimes has an "Implementation" section that tells you what classes, APIs, or constants to use.
>
> In this case, browsing for this section:
>
> Part III: Aqua
> > Windows
> > Dialogs
> > Types of Dialogs and When to Use Them
> > Sheets (Document-Modal Dialogs)
>
> ...reveals the key word "sheet", which in NSAlert.h will lead you straight to
> -[NSAlert beginSheetModalForWindow:modalDelegate:didEndSelector:contextInfo:]
>
> In the old days, the HI Guidelines always left us to discover the appropriate implementation ourselves. I like the new "Implementation" sections a lot, though currently they seem to only exist for the various views and controls.
>
> [1] <http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/DOCUMENTATION/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/OSXHIGuidelines.pdf>
>
> Cheers,
>
> --Dave
>
>
> On Dec 18, 2009, at 10:37 PM, Michael Davey wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry for the really noob posting, but I am currently using the NSAlert class to display alerts in my application, but what I would rather do is display one of the alert boxes that slide out of the title bar, as with the installer, firefox and a slew of other applications. Does anyone know what I need to do to do this?
>>
>> Thanks for you time in advance!
>>
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