Re: Newb: Targeting an instance of a class instantiated by a NIB file
Re: Newb: Targeting an instance of a class instantiated by a NIB file
- Subject: Re: Newb: Targeting an instance of a class instantiated by a NIB file
- From: Jamie Hardt <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:41:05 -0700
On Sep 12, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Brad Gibbs wrote:
I want to write the code to switch views in the
MainWindowController.m, since it controls the window that contains
the views that will be switched. But, the buttons that control the
view switching are located on a panel being controlled by a
different view controller.
So you have the buttons on the navigation panel, that control the main
window view. You have a few options:
1) Connect the buttons on the panel to the changeView: (or whatever
you call it) actions on the main window windowController. This is the
easiest. Just leave your Navigation Panel in your main windows nib,
and don't bother writing a window controller for it. If the
navigation panel starts getting more complicated and chatty with a
bunch of other components, or particularly if it can alter document
state, THEN consider making a separate NIB for it.
2) Implement changeView: on your Document class instead, and make the
buttons on the panel send a changeView: selector to the first
responder. The changeView: message will eventually find its way to
your NSDocument, and then you write code in the NSDocument that tells
the MainWindowController to do the view switching. All roads in the
responder chain lead to the NSDocument eventually.
Jamie Hardt
The Sound Department
http://www.soundepartment.com/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362504/
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