allow user to drag controls to make their own interface?
allow user to drag controls to make their own interface?
- Subject: allow user to drag controls to make their own interface?
- From: John Nowak <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 13:06:48 -0400
Hi there. I'm working on a music application, and I want the user to be
able to assemble their own GUI to control the application. Basically it
would be great if they could drag controls from a window to the "panel
window", and assign settings for each control in a properties/inspector
window. Ideally, it would be -great-... beyond great perhaps... if it
would work just like interface builder does, even down to the
intelligent alignment, align menu options, etc. Is there anyway I can
hook into the code used in Interface Builder somehow? I don't assume
that the code for it is openly available. Are there classes that could
help me do this without starting from scratch? Would it perhaps be
viable to allow the user to open the window by opening up a nib file in
Interface Builder itself, and then reloading it into my program?
Obviously that's not an ideal solution, as total integration is much
better. Still, if it saves me hours of coding, and allows for much more
power and flexibility than I'd be able to do myself without going
insane, I'd go for it.
Any advice would be appreciated, either conceptually or regarding
details of implementation.
- John Nowak
www.johnnowak.com
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