Checkbox group box (was Re: Coloring NSBox background?)
Checkbox group box (was Re: Coloring NSBox background?)
- Subject: Checkbox group box (was Re: Coloring NSBox background?)
- From: Dustin Voss <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:35:37 -0800
On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 05:20 AM, Chris Ridd wrote:
On 11/21/2002 2:42 AM, "Steve" <email@hidden> wrote:
[...]
Also, is there a HI defined way to emulate a Carbon style Checkbox
Group Box?... I can bolt one together, but was surprised it isn't a
pre-defined widget.
I'm not overly familiar with what that Carbon control does for you,
but you
can use an NSBox to give you a box with optional borders and title,
drop a
checkbox NSButton to give you the first switch, and option-drag a
border of
it to make multiple switches (inside an NSMatrix.)
Doing that automatically gives each switch an identifying tag which
you can
switch on in your code. (I was going to say unique, but IB seems to
have a
bug here - try adding columns to the matrix; the tags are now not
unique.
Bug logged with Apple.)
There's a Carbon control which is a group box similar to NSBox, except
that the title has a checkbox beside it, so you can activate or
deactivate the box as a whole. Very useful. I think that's what Steve
is talking about.
Carbon also offers a group box with an NSPopUpButton in place of the
title, which can be used like a compact NSTabView that can handle 7-11
items, instead of a tab view's 5.
I am also these aren't pre-defined widgets. I hope Apple adds them.
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