• Open Menu Close Menu
  • Apple
  • Shopping Bag
  • Apple
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Watch
  • TV
  • Music
  • Support
  • Search apple.com
  • Shopping Bag

Lists

Open Menu Close Menu
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Lists hosted on this site
  • Email the Postmaster
  • Tips for posting to public mailing lists
Best way to Change Window
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Best way to Change Window


  • Subject: Best way to Change Window
  • From: Gordon Apple <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:44:35 -0600
  • Thread-topic: Best way to Change Window

    What is the best way to change to a different window?  I have a main
window nib with a lot of controllers in it.  Currently the main view is in a
scrolling window.  I want to live-switch between that and a borderless
(optionally full screen) window or a resizable (non-scrolling) window.

    I'm sure I could do this by duplicating or triplicating the nib,
changing what is necessary, closing the window, change out the window
controller in my document, open the new window. However, I don't like the
duplicity of this approach and the need to synchronize future changes in
similar nibs.  Is there a better way?

    NSWindowController has "setWindow", but it also says: "This method
releases the old window and any associated top-level objects in its nib file
and assumes ownership of the new window. You should generally create a new
window controller for a new window and release the old window controller
instead of using this method."  What are "associated top-level objects"?  I
don't want anything else to go away, although I would have to code a few
wiring changes.


_______________________________________________

Cocoa-dev mailing list (email@hidden)

Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list.
Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com

Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:

This email sent to email@hidden

  • Follow-Ups:
    • Re: Best way to Change Window
      • From: Iceberg-Dev <email@hidden>
  • Prev by Date: Re: Automatic file numbering ideas...
  • Next by Date: Re: NSPopupUpButton not showing checked menu items
  • Previous by thread: Re: Automatic file numbering ideas...
  • Next by thread: Re: Best way to Change Window
  • Index(es):
    • Date
    • Thread