Re: NSWindow customized texture
Re: NSWindow customized texture
- Subject: Re: NSWindow customized texture
- From: Brian Ganninger <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:04:02 -0600
On Dec 20, 2006, at 7:35 AM, Philip Q wrote:
On 21/12/06, Leo Prete <email@hidden> wrote:
1) Is it possible to switch to other kinds of textures?
No. Officially, there are no available other system textures.
2) Is it possible to "reasonably" build an "home-made" texture?
Absolutely, see below.
You'd have to write the views yourself or sub-class existing ones and
override the drawing methods to render them in your own home-made
texture.
BUT - don't. Apple's HIG are there to help make your applications
not suck.
I'm sorry but this is poor advice as dozens of applications have
successfully replicated the look found in either Pro apps or the most
recent iApps and they've done so by hand, using examples such as Matt
Gemmell's TunesWindow (http://mattgemmell.com/source/). If the look
is appropriate and matches the feel of the platform then how it's
accomplished doesn't matter. The HIG is not inviolate, it's a
guideline. See Gruber's discussion at C4 for a solid dissection of
the state of affairs.
-Phil
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