Re: Interface Builder Questions...
Re: Interface Builder Questions...
- Subject: Re: Interface Builder Questions...
- From: Quincey Morris <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:54:03 -0700
On Jun 28, 2009, at 13:32, Phil Hystad wrote:
So, are you telling me that everyone else can see dynamic changes to
these height and width pixel values but I can't?
No, other than the layout numbers that show up when you hold down the
Option key while dragging, as Kyle pointed out, no one's seeing
dynamic changes to those values.
I would submit that it is a little early to submit a bug report --
certainly there must be something I am not doing right. Yes, I know
that I can enter them in manually but I am more interested in trying
to figure out if anything is broken with my IB or not. Maybe I am
seeing normal behavior. But, if this is normal, it sure seems to be
very awkward which does not seem like IB or Xcode.
You're not doing anything wrong. It's a matter of expectations.
The point is that the numerical sizes of things are far less important
than you might think at first. IB's strength is laying out elements
according to the inter-element spacing recommendations (i.e. rules) of
the Apple Human Interface Guidelines. That means you almost always
want you windows sized based on the content, and IB is really good at
snapping the window edges to the right places when you drag the window
resize corner.
This works within the window, too. The size and position of many
controls snaps to the recommended values. The best way to use IB is to
lay things out using these snapped sizes and positions. Once that's
done, you may want to fine-tune things by changing the numeric values
directly.
The (philosophical) question is: what are you doing that makes it
important to know the window size as you're dragging the window? Why
do you care what the numerical window size is, when the correct answer
is "whatever makes the window fit its contents"?
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