Re: NSPopupButtons work, but not in hierarchical mode, what am I missing here ?
Re: NSPopupButtons work, but not in hierarchical mode, what am I missing here ?
- Subject: Re: NSPopupButtons work, but not in hierarchical mode, what am I missing here ?
- From: Bill Hernandez <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 12:10:12 -0500
Gary,
This is way over my head, but I will re-read this several times, I am sure.
Thanks for pointing the way. I will try to look at all the sources you mentioned. The biggest problem I've had, is that for the most part the demos that Apple provides are too advanced for where I am at in the learning process.
I love this list....
Thank You....
Bill Hernandez
Plano, Texas
On May 7, 2010, at 11:50 AM, Gary L. Wade wrote:
> Try a different UI approach.
>
> One thing to consider is using an NSBrowser if you have lots of upper-level
> options and a good number of sub items and want a cascading list where the
> leaf item is just a choice rather than a command.
>
> If you want commands but have a small number of upper-level options and a
> relatively small number of sub items, consider using header-oriented menu
> items and possibly set their sub items to use an indentation level. Look at
> the Speech System Preference's System Voice popup button after choosing
> "Show More Voices". It doesn't use indentations, but the graying and
> separators shows a clear delineation. If you want the headers to be
> commands in their own right, you would most likely want to use indentations,
> but it's debatable for their need if they're not selectable, such as with
> the System Voices.
>
> Of course, you may have to do things a lot harder; Apple even uses
> hierarchical menu items in a popup button for the Region on the Formats
> panel of the Language & Text System Preference when you turn on "Show all
> regions", but that's definitely a huge list.
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