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Re: some frustration.. IB and Controls!
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Re: some frustration.. IB and Controls!


  • Subject: Re: some frustration.. IB and Controls!
  • From: Tommy Nordgren <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 21:46:03 +0200


On 4 maj 2007, at 00.05, Mark Manes wrote:

Like Dennis Miller says -- "I don't mean to rant.. but"

I am working on a new application and I am just so frustrated with the limited controls that are available in interface builder. The controls I'd like to have are the ones Apple uses in things like iTunes. I am particularly interested in the segmented control that is used to show disk space usage on an iPod or AppleTV.

I see many developers roll their own controls--yet I have yet to find any good examples on how to do this. It is not really covered (that I can find) in the developer documentation or on the web.

Now with applications like Disco and others the "trend" has been to produce more and more non-standard UIs as that is the mark of late for an application to be cool. At least that is what I observe. Standard aqua based UI - especially without custom controls leads people to believe the application is old. Even Cha-ching has what appears to be custom controls.

So.. is the answer for me to go ahead and see what Xcode 3 has for me or should I beg you guys for the "inside knowledge" on how to make my own custom controls?

I'd appreciate your comments.

-mark=

If you need to implement custom Controls, You can also Make them available to other apps via interface builder.
Aaron Hillegass book Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X shows how to build IB Palettes
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What is a woman that you forsake her, and the hearth fire and the home acre,
to go with the old grey Widow Maker. --Kipling, harp song of the Dane women
Tommy Nordgren
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