Re: toolbar and switching a NSView
Re: toolbar and switching a NSView
- Subject: Re: toolbar and switching a NSView
- From: Marco Scheurer <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:45:18 +0100
On Monday, February 11, 2002, at 07:14 am, Chris Atwood wrote:
Does anyone know the location of some sample code for a toolbar
changing the contents of its window using NSView?
I am looking to build an app whose's toolbar functionality is like
apple's "system preferences" or OmniWeb preferences.
Depending on your application it could be simpler (and better) to use an
NSMatrix and an NSTabView to achieve almost the same result (as in Mail,
ProjectBuilder, Terminal). When using a toolbar you have no cue of what
the "selected item" is, while a matrix selection is highlighted. On the
other hand, if you have many items, and/or want the user to customize
it, a toolbar may be better. AFAIK, there is no official guildelines:
iTunes and InterfaceBuilder use a TabView with tabs, TextEdit has a huge
panel with 7 boxes...
I have looked and looked and have not found any easy to read code that
does this.
Other than what you can find in Omni's frameworks, I don't know of any
example.
Marco Scheurer
Sen:te, Lausanne, Switzerland
http://www.sente.ch
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