Re: Best way to Change Window
Re: Best way to Change Window
- Subject: Re: Best way to Change Window
- From: Gordon Apple <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:24:46 -0600
- Thread-topic: Best way to Change Window
I decided to take the easy short-term and use separate Nibs. That may
cause more maintenance later, but at least it seems to work. I did have a
minor issue that closing the main window first can close the document,
depending on whether or not other windows for that document are open. I
going to try to rectify that by opening the new window first, then closing
the other.
>
> On Nov 23, 2008, at 9:44 PM, Gordon Apple wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> When you needed to change between a brushed metal window and an Aqua
> window, a solution was to keep the content view of the current
> window, delete the window and create a new one with the appropriate
> theme and then replace the content view.
>
> In your case, it might be interesting to wonder if you want the
> control inside the window to look the same as non full-screen. If you
> take a look at iPhoto for instance, the look of the controls differs
> between fullscreen and standard mode. If you want the controls to
> look different, then maybe another nib is a solution.
>
>
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