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Re: NsCollectionView Selection
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Re: NsCollectionView Selection


  • Subject: Re: NsCollectionView Selection
  • From: Graham Cox <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:24:52 +1100


On 20 Jan 2009, at 3:10 pm, Sandro Noel wrote:

But I'm not looking for the lazy approach,
I really want the app to be good looking, I like Mac apps because they are fancy, I want my app to be fancy too :)


Besides I'm learning, so I might as well learn to do it the right way :)
that's why i ask :))


So i hear that if i want something to look good i have to subclass it ?


Can you be more specific about what doesn't look good with the NSBox approach? Most collection views I've seen (and those I've implemented myself) use this approach and they look fine. Apple appear to be adopting a round-cornered selection for standard UI (such as IKImageBrowserView) and a custom NSBox provides this functionality perfectly. (Note, depending on your needs you might find that IKImageBrowserVIew might do what you want - it's higher level than NSCollectionView and takes care of a lot of the ugly details for you.).

The only thing I can think of that you might be after is a selection that contained a gradient or background other than a flat colour (note NSBox can have a semi-transparent background also). In this case you'd probably need to subclass.

As for it being a lazy approach, I don't see that. If you want to spend all your time implementing a selection highlight go ahead, but most of us have better things to do! Lazy it may (arguably) be, but it's definitely not the wrong way.

--Graham


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