Re: Two ways to get this NSTableView behaviour but I do not know how to implement either
Re: Two ways to get this NSTableView behaviour but I do not know how to implement either
- Subject: Re: Two ways to get this NSTableView behaviour but I do not know how to implement either
- From: Gerben Wierda <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 23:14:04 +0200
On Saturday, Oct 12, 2002, at 22:52 Europe/Amsterdam, Cameron Hayne
wrote:
I'm missing something. Why can't you use checkboxes?
There is a variable number of items. I would immediately go for a group
of checkboxes if I had a fixed number of items because it is the
preferred way. Now, I am looking for a way to use a NSTableView as
basis (for checkboxes if possible) because of its mechanism for a
variable number of items.
It would seem to me that you ought to group these items and only show
one
group (whatever will fit on the screen) at a time before letting the
user go
on to the next group. Is there a natural grouping?
No. It is a configuration app for another system out of my control. I
do not know beforehand how many items there are in each group (this
will change over time), but each group is a set that should not be
broken up in pieces (one needs the overview). The information to
display is sent to my app using DO.
But even without grouping, what's wrong with a bunch of checkboxes in
a scrolled view?
It would be wonderful, if it was variable length. And while that is
doable in theory, I am a bit scared of the amount of work to program
all those GUI-items by hand apart from the fact that I do not know how.
Is someone can tell me how to do this (doc-based app, so I cannot use
IB and instantiate objects there)
Yours,
G
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