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Re: Need Help Please....Truncation Mode for Window Title
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Re: Need Help Please....Truncation Mode for Window Title


  • Subject: Re: Need Help Please....Truncation Mode for Window Title
  • From: Joshua Scott Emmons <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:26:54 -0600

Does anybody know how to change the truncation Mode for Window titles, so that the Ellipsis are drawn in the middle of the Title and not at the end.

I don't think there is a simple way to do what you ask. Most of the "standard" truncation you see in NSTextFields and such is achieved by calling -setLineBreakMode: on the field's attributed string's paragraphStyle with a value of NSLineBreakByTruncatingMiddle or some such. NSWindow's setTitle does not take an attributed string. It takes a plain old NSString. So it would seem the "normal" way one would control how text truncates is not applicable to window titles.


In the absence of more traditional methods, we must look for something in the API that will let us set how the window deals with titles. A quick look at NSWindow docs under the "Setting the title and filename" section gives us:

-setTitle:
-setMiniwindowTitle:
-setTitleWithRepresentedFilename:

None of which have options to change title truncation. So it looks to me as though, if you want to truncate the title in the middle, you will have to do it yourself. Maybe do something like compare the window's width to the size of your title (in pixels), and cut the title until it fits? And then register for NSWindowDidResizeNotifications to do this again whenever the window is resized?


That's my best guess, -Joshua Emmons _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Cocoa-dev mailing list (email@hidden) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: This email sent to email@hidden
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 >Changing truncating mode for NSWindow Title (From: Joachim Deelen <email@hidden>)
 >Need Help Please....Truncation Mode for Window Title (From: Joachim Deelen <email@hidden>)

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